USA has not yet decided on its objection to the Open Sky Treaty (Don). This was stated by the official representative of the State Department week, RIA Novosti reports.
Price noted that Washington is now actively exploring the issues related to the agreement, and also consults with their allies and partners. According to the representative of the State Department, one of the factors affecting this decision is the continuing non-compliance with Russia of this contract. He called Moscow to return to his observance.
Earlier it was reported that the Council of the State Duma will consider the draft law on the denunciation of the Agreement on the Open Nebu, submitted by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the plenary meeting, May 19.
Russian President introduced a draft law on denunciation Don on May 11.
An open access agreement concluded in 1992. The agreement allows participating countries to carry out intelligence flights over each other’s territory to follow military activities and compliance with existing arms control treaties. The United States came out of the Don at the end of November 2020, and on January 15, 2021, domestic procedures for exit from the Treaty of the beginning of Russia.