Rep. Eliot Engel, the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, wrote to National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien Monday to request clarification on the reports.
Former diplomats have reacted with horror to reports that Donald Trump's administration is considering withdrawing from the Open Skies treaty, which allows signatory nations to conduct unarmed surveillance flights over each other's territory.to National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien on Monday expressing his concern at the administration's"reported plans" to withdraw from the treaty.
The treaty allows the treaty's 34 party states—including the U.S., Russia and most of Europe including Ukraine—to conduct overflights of each other's territory and monitor military activity. It came into effect in 2002. Ben Rhodes, who formerly served as deputy national security adviser to President Barack Obama, tweeted,"Sometimes the only way to explain/predict Trump's foreign policy is to think 'what would Putin want the US to do?'"
Meanwhile, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul expressed his disbelief at the reported decision."We are now pulling out of the Open Skies Treaty? Really? Please tell me this can't be true."
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