Russia says Open Skies nations to meet July 6 over U.S. exit - RIA*

[Jersey Devlin]

Source: REUTERS

JUNE 17, 2020 / 4:28 AM

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Participants in the Open Skies treaty will hold a conference on July 6 in light of the planned exit of the United States, Russia’s RIA news agency reported the foreign ministry as saying on Wednesday.

Last month the United States announced its intention to withdraw from the treaty which permits unarmed surveillance flights over member countries in the Trump administration’s latest move to pull the country out of major global agreements.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-openskies-conference/russia-says-open-skies-nations-to-meet-july-6-over-u-s-exit-ria-idUSKBN23O0UB?il=0

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Ah, now I know why Donnie pulled out of the treaty: Make Room For Vladdy!

*Reuters really is the best! I checked around to see if another news site had more on the story than Reuters. The NY Times, National Post, USA Today and Bloomberg had it, but all of them were quoting the original Reuters story verbatim. The ol' London outfit had beaten everyone to the punch!

[Layzeebeaver]

1. insanity

these treaties were intended to allow verification of compliance with weapons/arms treaties.

withdrawing only foments adversaries to enhance their capability without checks.

this is precisely aligned with what is good for Putin.

[burrowowl]

2. *News reporting in the U$A has been dead for a long time.