Defense Ministers of Poland and the Baltic countries announced the intention to withdraw from the ban on the counter -defense mines, this is the political signal of Moscow.
Poland and the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are planning to resign from the so -called Ottawan Convention on the ban on inflammatory mines. The reason is the military threat of neighboring Russia and Belarus. On Tuesday, this was announced in a joint statement by defense ministers of these four countries, TASR reports, according to AFP, Reuters and Politico, according to reports.
“This decision is broadcasting a clear signal: our countries are ready and can use all the necessary measures to defend our security needs,” said the Ministers of the Four Member States of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO).
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk indicated at the beginning of the month that Warsaw will start taking steps to withdraw from the Convention. Warsaw and the Baltic countries have long been considering withdrawal, and they wanted to take a common, regional decision. Finland is also considered withdrawal from the international agreement because Russia is used by counterflow minions in the war in Ukraine.
According to Politic, this is more a political signal of Moscow than a reflection of the immediate military need.
Convention on the ban on the use, storage, production and transfers of inflammatory mines and their destruction of 1997 – the so -called Ottawa Convention – ratified or has been approached by more than 160 countries.
