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Conference on Treaty on Open Skies due on July 6

It will be devoted to the United States’ pullout from this treaty, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW, June 17. /TASS/. A conference of signatories to the Treaty on Open Skies devoted to the United States’ pullout from this treaty will take place on July 6, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Department told TASS on Wednesday.

"The conference is due on July 6," the department said.

US President Donald Trump on May 21 declared Washington’s intention to quit the Treaty on Open Skies, which enables the signatories to perform flights over each other’s territory to monitor military activity. In a written statement US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo explained that this decision would take effect in six months’ time after May 22. The US claimed that Russia’s alleged violations of the agreement were the reason.

Moscow dismisses these charges. It vows commitment to the treaty and puts forward counterclaims.