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Donald Trump announced on Thursday the US withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty of the European Security and Cooperation Organization (OSCE), an arms control pact in which 34 states participate, considering that Russia has repeatedly violated the agreement. Trump will communicate his decision to Russia on Friday, and the withdrawal of the United States from the treaty will be effective in six months , a senior US official, who requested anonymity, told Efe on Thursday.

The Open Skies Treaty, negotiated for nearly three decades and in force since 2002, allows Member States to fly over any part of the territory of another Member State, photographed from the air, with a maximum resolution of 30 centímetros.mEl pact - of which The United States, Russia, Canada and almost the entire European Union, including Spain - are part of one of the broadest international arms control efforts ever undertaken with the aim of promoting transparency in military forces and activities.

The US has long complained that Russia violates the agreement by preventing Russian military exercises from being airborne , and by not allowing flights over cities where the United States believes Russia has nuclear weapons that could reach Europe. According to The New York Times, US Intelligence further believes that Russia may be using its overflights of the United States to identify key infrastructures in the country that may be vulnerable to cyberattacks.

The withdrawal of the treaty, which the European allies of the United States have long seen coming , deepens the challenge of the Trump Government to the international arms control regime and in particular to the infrastructure created to supervise the two largest powers in this field, United States and Russia.

In the middle of last year, Trump also withdrew from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), aimed at eliminating all short and medium-range nuclear and conventional missiles from the United States and Russia, prompting Moscow to also abandon that pact and increased fear of a new arms race.

That measure left a single pact between the two countries for the reduction of nuclear weapons, the New START, which expires in 2021 and that Russia has proposed to renew without conditions , but talks on this have not advanced.

Optimistic about the G7

In addition, today Trump has been optimistic in his desire to hold the G7 summit in June at the White House, despite the limitations imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. "It looks like the G7 will take place ," Trump said in Washington, referring to a face-to-face meeting. The president added that the summit will take place "mainly" at the White House , although some meetings could be held at the Camp David presidential residence in neighboring Maryland.

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