Beijing-Sana
China stressed today that the US withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty will destroy mutual military trust and transparency among the countries of the region and harm the security and stability in the region.
Commenting on the US move, Xinhua News Agency quoted Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Li Jian as saying today, “China deeply regrets the US’s insistence on withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty, ignoring the international community’s opposition to it,” noting that this step will negatively affect arms control in the region. The world and the disarmament process ”.
Zhao called on the United States to understand and understand the concerns of other parties, including Russia, as well as the concerns of the international community, and resolve differences through dialogue. "Recklessly withdrawing from international treaties is not a good practice of a major country."
On May 21, the outgoing US President Donald Trump announced his country's withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty, which allows surveillance flights over the territories of member states and access to its military activities, and the US State Department announced that Washington’s decision to withdraw from the treaty entered into force yesterday.