UN concerned over US withdrawal from the Treaty on open skies (DON). This was stated by the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dyuzharrik, reports RIA Novosti.
“We reiterate our concern with the erosion of the regime of arms control between the U.S. and Russia,” he said. Dujarric predicted a new arms race and condemned Washington for action “without substitution [of this agreement] something else.”
Earlier, the President of the United States Donald trump explained the decision to withdraw from the DON Moscow’s behavior. In his opinion, it violates the terms.
On the alleged withdrawal of the U.S. from DON on 21 April the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov. A source in the White house, commenting on the words of Lavrov, said that in the US examined the costs and benefits associated with participation in the Contract.
That the US is going to leave DON, has spoken in 2018. In the fall of 2019 Donald trump signed a decree confirming this intention.
The contract between 23 member States of the OSCE in 1992, gives the possibility to participating countries to make the inspection circled each other, observing military activities and compliance with existing treaties in the field of arms control.
