The Ministries of Defense of Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are proposing their retreat from the Ottawa Treaty, which prohibits infantry mines.
The Ministries of Defense of Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are proposing their retreat from the Ottawa Treaty, which prohibits infantry mines. On the matter reported to Lithuan Lrtta.
The Estonian Ministry of Defense reported this in a news release published on Tuesday.
Of course, the actual decision on the withdrawal of the agreement must be made in the parliaments of the countries, that is, the final decision in the proposal of the Ministry of Defense is not.
– After intensive discussions, the Baltic and Poland’s Ministry of Defense’s unanimous recommendation on the withdrawal of the Ottawa agreement will send a strategic message to strengthen our deterrects by all means and use our freedom of military decisions, says the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense.
According to announcements by the Ministry of Defense, the security situation in the Baltic and Poland regions has “clearly impaired” and the threats of NATO member states with Russia and Belarus have “increased significantly.”
According to this announcement, it is “important to provide the Defense Forces with flexibility and choice for new weapon systems”.
However, the Ministries of Defense emphasize that while countries want to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty, they are still committed to the International Humanitarian Law.
Currently, all EU countries are covered by the Ottawa Agreement. China, Russia, the United States, India and Pakistan, for example, have not signed the agreement.
The exit from the Ottawa Treaty has also been featured in Finland since Russia began its full -length attack war in Ukraine.
Source: Reuters