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Algeria Halts Cooperation With Spain Over Western Sahara

June 9, 2022 5:40 am

Algeria has suspended a two-decades-old friendship treaty with Spain with immediate effect after Madrid reversed decades of neutrality in the Western Sahara dispute.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the move has now become the latest blow to increasingly fragile relations between Algiers and Madrid, which depends on Algeria for its natural gas supply.

‘Algeria has decided to immediately suspend the treaty of friendship, good neighbourliness and cooperation’ signed with Madrid in 2002, the president’s office said in a statement on Wednesday.

Spain’s government said it regretted Algeria’s decision and reaffirmed its commitment to the friendship …

Last February, a four-engined US OC-135B aircraft - a variant of the old Stratolifter military transport plane - lumbered into the air to conduct a surveillance flight over Russia.

US-Russia Surveillance Flights Treaty Under Threat

October 30, 2019 4:12 pm

Last February, a four-engined US OC-135B aircraft – a variant of the old Stratolifter military transport plane – lumbered into the air to conduct a surveillance flight over Russia.

Among those on board were six Russian officials to ensure fair-play. It was all part of a little-known agreement – the Open Skies Treaty – that since entering into force in 2002 has enabled unarmed reconnaissance flights over Russia, the United States and several other countries to improve confidence and assure against surprise attack.

Now this treaty is under threat. Reports suggest that US President Donald Trump has already signed a …

U.S. pulls out of nuclear treaty with Russia

August 2, 2019 8:43 am

The United States formally withdrew from a landmark nuclear missile pact with Russia on Friday after determining that Moscow was in violation of the treaty and had no plans to come into compliance with it.

U.S. President Donald Trump made the determination that the United States would terminate adherence to the 1987 arms control accord, known as the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), senior administration officials told reporters.

The treaty bans either side from stationing short- and intermediate-range, land-based missiles in Europe. Washington signaled its intention six months ago to pull out of the agreement if Russia made no move …