FT: Europe ready to resume arms control talks with Russia

Representatives of European countries are ready to return to discussing agreements with Russia in the sphere of arms control and the prevention of military conflicts.

This is reported by The Financial Times.

According to the publication, the matter concerns, in particular, the restoration of Cold War-era mechanisms.

Among possible examples, the publication cites the Open Skies Treaty, which allowed the US and the USSR to observe each other’s military facilities, as well as agreements limiting the deployment of certain types of missiles.

The Open Skies Treaty was signed by OSCE member states in March 1992. In accordance with the document, the states that signed it are obliged to allow other parties to the agreement to conduct observation flights over their territory using photo and video recording. In 2021, Russia withdrew from this treaty.

Earlier, Western media reported that national security advisers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, as well as representatives of the European Commission and NATO, want to prevent changes to Europe’s security system in Russia’s interests.

We analyzed what is currently happening around the negotiation process on Ukraine in a separate piece.