President Donald Trump’s US government has on Sunday withdrawn from an international treaty that allows countries to monitor military hardware build-ups from afar, accusing Moscow – without evidence – of breaking its terms.
The Open Skies Treaty was first considered by the US and the Soviet Union in the 1950s as a possible way to increase transparency around troop movements and the deployment of nuclear weapons. It allows its signatories to conduct a limited number of mutually beneficial aerial reconnaissance missions in the countries that are party to the deal, which include the US, Canada, Russia and most of the rest of Europe.
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