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{{Short description|Bilateral treaty in force from 1992 to 2001}}
{{Infobox treaty|name=Open Skies Treaty between Hungary and Romania|condition_effective=2 ratifications|languages=[[Romanian language|Romanian]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]|language=|depositor=|ratifiers=2|parties=[[Hungary]], [[Romania]]|signatories=2|date_expiration=31 December 2001|date_effective=27 February 1992|long_name=Agreement Between the Government of Romania and the Government of the Republic of Hungary on the Establishment of an Open Skies Regime / Acord din 11 mai 1991 intre Guvernul Romaniei si Guvernul Republicii Ungaria privind stabilirea unui regim de Cer Deschis|date_sealed=|location_signed=[[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]|date_signed=11 May 1991|date_drafted=|type=|image_width=|image=Hungary Romania Locator.png|wikisource=|caption=Map showing [[Hungary]] (green) and [[Romania]] (orange) within [[Europe]]|image_alt=Map of Hungary (green) and Romania (orange)}}
The '''Open Skies Treaty between Hungary and Romania''' was a bilateral agreement between [[Hungary]] and [[Romania]] in force from 1992 to 2001. The Treaty became effective on 27 February 1992 and consisted of agreed-upon [[Surveillance aircraft|surveillance overflights]] between the two countries to assess the strength and disposition of opposing military forces. It was the first such "Open Skies" Agreement and a precursor to the [[Treaty on Open Skies]] that entered into force between [[NATO]] members and members of the former [[Warsaw Pact]] on 1 January 2002, to which Hungary and Romania are both signatories.<ref name="UNIDIR">{{cite book|url=https://www.unidir.org/files/publications/pdfs/open-skies-a-cooperative-approach-to-military-transparency-and-confidence-building-319.pdf |title= Open Skies: A Cooperative Approach to Military Transparency and Confidence Building |last=Dunay |first=Pál| last2=Krasznai |first2=Marton |last3=Spitzer |first3=Hartwig |last4=Wiemker |first4=Rafael |last5=Wynne |first5=William |date=2004 |publisher=United Nations Publications: [[UNIDIR]] (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research)|isbn=978-92-9045-164-8|pages=265|language=en}}</ref> A demonstration flight was carried out in June 1991.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cKm7VWIbkwsC|title=Promoting Peace with Information: Transparency as a Tool of Security Regimes|last=Lindley|first=Dan|date=2007-05-13|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-12943-3|location=|pages=315–6|language=en}}</ref>
The main motivation for the Treaty was to demonstrate stable relations between the two countries after [[Ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș|violent clashes]] between almost 20,000 ethnic [[Romanians]] and [[Hungarians]]  at [[Târgu Mureș]] in March 1990. The clashes were [[History of Transylvania|about Transylvania]], a region controlled by Romania since 1947 that had gone back and forth between the two countries several times, and which is home to a substantial [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] minority.<ref name=":0" />
==See also==
*[[Hungary–Romania relations]]
*Multilateral [[Treaty on Open Skies]]  that entered into force in 2002
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/50443 Treaty text] {{in lang|ro}}
*[https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N91/171/72/img/N9117172.pdf?OpenElement Treaty text] (in English), UN document A/46/188, S/22638, 24 May 1991. [https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N91/171/70/img/N9117170.pdf?OpenElement Treaty text] (in Arabic), [https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N91/171/71/img/N9117171.pdf?OpenElement Treaty text] (in Chinese), [https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N91/171/73/img/N9117173.pdf?OpenElement Treaty text] (in French), [https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N91/171/74/img/N9117174.pdf?OpenElement Treaty text] (in Russian), [https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N91/171/75/img/N9117175.pdf?OpenElement Treaty text] (in Spanish)
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