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The Treaty allowed unarmed surveillance flights over 35 countries participating in

The United States has announced the cancellation of a big match, it allows unarmed aerial surveillance flights over dozens of countries.

The Open Skies Treaty came into force in 2002 and is designed to increase confidence and insure against attacks.

But senior U.S. officials said the country was withdrawing because of repeated Russian violations of the terms and conditions.

U.S. President Donald Trump said later That it was a "Very Good chance That we will reach a new agreement" with Russia.

"I think we have a Very Good relationship with Russia, but Russia did not comply with the contract," said Mr Trump said on Thursday, adding: "Until we pull Out . "

The United States to be officially adopted by the agreement in six months, officials said.

"in The Course of this review has shown clearly That it is in the interests of the United States is a party to The Open Skies Treaty," an official told the Reuters news Agency.

around 35 Nations are party to the Treaty, including Russia, Canada and the United Kingdom.

How Russia has responded?

Russia had passed the Ministry to the fact That they violated the Treaty and That a U.S.-added the withdrawal would be "very unfortunate", That The Trump -worked with administration to derail "all agreements on arms control".

"We reject all attempts to justify a Way Out of this basic agreement," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko , the state Ria Novosti news Agency said Russia.

"Nothing prevents the continuation of the discussions about the technical problems, which interpreted the US-incorrectly, as the violations by Russia," he added.

He Said That any withdrawal in the interests of all Treaty participants, who are also members of The North Atlantic Treaty organization (Nato).

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the task of The Open Skies Treaty, The Trump -management is not only the waiver of an arms control agreement, which was seen as essential for the transparency during the Cold War , but he is also ditching an agreement That many experts believe That there are still great benefits to the United States.

The fact That there comes a time when the entire structure of arms control is collapsing, and a new era of Great Power competition beckons is doubly disturbing.

The Open Skies Treaty came into force in January 2002, and some 34 States have ratified the Treaty. It allows you to unarmed, short-term reconnaissance flights by specially equipped aircraft, to collect on the entire territory of a country other troop deployments, military facilities and so on.

There were some problems in the last few years, and the claims of US - with some Justification -That Russia is the prevention of access to certain areas. But critics of The Trump administration's antipathy toward arms control, say That is not a reason for the establishment of the Treaty, to give up. to be

Mr trump seems to be holding at least A Chance That the U.S. could hang with the stick The Open sky, but That is clearly of talks with Moscow.

says The Russian foreign Ministry, That a US withdrawal will have an impact on the interests of the participants. While the United States, the decision is clear, the use of satellites for its information-gathering on Russia, Mr Trump, can result in tensions with Washington's European allies, of which only a few have such satellite access.

at the beginning of this year, U.S. Secretary of defense Mark Esper accused Russia of the breach of the contract by a ban of flights over The City of Kaliningrad and in other areas in the vicinity of Georgia.

"I have a lot of concerns about the contract as it stands now," He Said at The Time . "This is important for many of our Nato allies, That the funds for the implementation of the overflights. "

It is the latest effort by President Donald Trump , his administration to withdraw the US from a major global contract.

in the Last Year with Russia.

The INF was signed by the USA and the USSR in 1987, and a ban on the vast majority of the nuclear and non-nuclear missiles with short and medium ranges.

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Source of news: bbc.com