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Russia will impose severe retaliatory measures against countries that remain in the “Open Skies” Treaty that will transmit data from US observation flights after the United States withdrew from the pact and will restrict Russian Federation flights over US facilities. . in Europe, the official Moscow news agencies TASS and RIA Novosti report.
The warning was sent on Monday by the head of the Russian delegation to the Vienna negotiations on military security and arms control issues, Konstantin Gavrilov, in an interview for the public television station Rossia-24.
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“Not long ago, I learned that Washington was secretly playing an unscrupulous game, asking its allies to agree to the signing of documents under which they will send American material on observation flights over Russia. The United States is asking Europeans to refuse Russia to conduct observation flights over US military installations in Europe, “said Konstantin Gavrilov.
“This is a serious violation of the treaty. If the remaining countries of the treaty play the game in the United States, our retaliatory measures will not be long in coming,” the Russian diplomat warned.
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Gavrilov emphasized that if Russia’s partners in this treaty want to ensure its viability, they must confirm that the data contained in aerial photographs taken during observation flights are classified and can only be accessed by the parties to the agreement. “We intend to obtain strict compliance by the European partners with the provisions of the treaty on the non-transmission of this information,” he insisted.
If they decide to return to the Open Skies Treaty, the United States will have to do so generally and under the conditions of the participating countries, Gavrilov said.
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The treaty, signed in 1992, aimed at strengthening international stability, allows signatory states to send planes on surveillance flights to the territories of others to observe whether or not there are military installations and other targets.
The treaty, which groups 35 countries, including Romania, allows the flight of unarmed reconnaissance aircraft over their territories.
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The United States officially withdrew from the open skies on Sunday, nearly six months after President Donald Trump announced a decision. The White House accused Russia of violating the treaty, claiming that Moscow had prevented the United States from sending planes over the Baltic Sea city of Kaliningrad and near Georgia, flights allowed by the document.
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