| Open Skies Treaty between Hungary and Romania | |
| Condition Effective: | 2 ratifications |
| Languages: | Romanian, Hungarian |
| 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 |
| Location Signed: | Bucharest, Romania |
| Date Signed: | 11 May 1991 |
| 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 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.[1] A demonstration flight was carried out in June 1991.[2]
The main motivation for the Treaty was to demonstrate stable relations between the two countries after violent clashes between almost 20,000 ethnic Romanians and Hungarians at Târgu Mureș in March 1990. The clashes were 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 Hungarian minority.