US leader says Moscow has violated its commitments under the pact
Washington — President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw from the Open Skies treaty, an arms-control pact designed to promote transparency between US and Russia, claiming Russian violations.
The move will take effect in six months, Pompeo said in a statement, adding that the US could “reconsider our withdrawal should Russia return to full compliance with the treaty.” Withdrawing from the pact will leave one arms control treaty between the US and Russia: New Start, which limits the number of nuclear missiles each nation can deploy. It expires in February 2021.
The Trump administration has also concluded that Russia has used flights over the US and Europe to identify critical infrastructure that could be targeted for military attacks, administration officials said. The treaty allows countries to conduct unarmed surveillance flights with little notice. It was designed to promote trust between Nato and Eastern bloc countries following the Cold War and reduce the chances of armed conflict.
The move follows Trump’s decision in 2019 to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, a Cold War pact banning short- and medium-range missiles, as well as the Iran nuclear agreement.
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