The administration of US President Joe Biden announced its decision not to return to the Open Skies Treaty, from which former President Donald Trump withdrew, and said that Russia had violated it.
A State Department spokesman said the United States regrets that violations by Russia have undermined the treaty.
After Washington announced on November 22 that it had ceased to be a party to the Open Skies Treaty on November 22, Moscow announced in mid-January that it would withdraw from the treaty, saying that there was no progress in its success in light of the US withdrawal.
The Open Skies Treaty, signed in 1992, allows each side to make short flights over the other's territory to monitor potential military operations at 36 locations.
The "open skies" treaty, signed by 34 countries, states that every state that signed it agrees to make its lands available for reconnaissance flying, but Russia has restricted flights over certain areas, which made Washington believe that Moscow is deploying medium-range nuclear weapons in these areas. Threatening Europe.
Biden and Putin meet
On the other hand, Karen Jean-Pierre, deputy spokeswoman for the White House, said on Friday that there is no change in the meeting between the American and Russian presidents on June 16 in Geneva, Switzerland, after the recent cyber attack.
The company "Microsoft" (Microsoft) has detected cyber attacks targeting government agencies and organizations in 24 countries around the world during the past few days.
The American company said that the organization known as "Nobelium", responsible for the piracy of "SolarWinds" company last year, targeted about 3 thousand e-mail and 150 organizations.
The statement added that the United States had the largest share of those attacks.
This comes amid Washington's constant accusation of Russian intelligence of being behind the piracy operation of Solar Windows, which resulted in the penetration of 9 US federal agencies and hundreds of companies.