Editing Treaty on Open Skies (section)

=== Challenges to the treaty ===
Both Russia and the United States alleged that the other was violating the provisions of the treaty.<ref>{{cite news |agency=AINOnline |title=U.S., Russia Trade Charges Over Open Skies Treaty Compliance |url=https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2017-09-27/us-russia-trade-charges-over-open-skies-treaty-compliance |date= 27 September 2017 |access-date=14 August 2018 }}</ref> U.S. Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]] cited Russia's access refusal in the Russian-controlled areas of Georgia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Michael R. Gordon |last2=James Marson |title=U.S. Moving to Leave 'Open Skies' Treaty Designed to Reduce Conflict With Russia |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-moving-to-leaving-1992-open-skies-treaty-11590070847 |access-date=22 May 2020 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=21 May 2020 |quote=Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said years of what he called violations by Russia had undermined the treaty. Russia “weaponized the Treaty by making it into a tool of intimidation and threat,” he said. He cited Moscow’s refusal of access to breakaway regions that it controls in the former Soviet republic of Georgia}}</ref> On 20 September 2019, the U.S. and Canada were denied access to a military exercise in central Russia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Michael R. Gordon |last2=Vivian Salama |title=Trump Moves Closer to Ending Another Post-Cold War Treaty |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-moves-closer-to-ending-another-post-cold-war-treaty-11572177600 |access-date=22 May 2020 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=27 October 2019 |quote=Russia prevented the U.S. and Canada from carrying out a flight near a military exercise in central Russia on Sept. 20}}</ref>