10-02-2021 | 15:22 PM
Open Skies Treaty
• Russia has also announced that it is withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty. The Treaty requires the signatories to carry out unarmed observation flights over each other's territory. In 2020, the US declared that it would drop the Open Skies Treaty.
About Open Skies Treaty:
• The Treaty of Open Skies was concluded in 1992 after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
• The deal was concluded by NATO members and the countries of the old Warsaw Pact. In 2002, more than 35 countries ratified the pact.
• India is not a signatory of the Open Skies Treaty.
