“The Seimas of Poland approved for the bill on withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use, production, accumulation and transfer of anti -personnel mines. Source: Polish public broadcaster RMF24, “European Truth” details: 413 deputies voted for withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention, 15 more were resisted against.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Polish public broadcaster RMF24, “European Truth”
Details: 413 deputies voted for withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention, 15 were opposed, three more abstained.
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Before the vote, Viceremier-Minister, Defense Minister of Poland Vladislav Kosyak-Kakysh stated that this step is key to secure the region.
He noted that the initiative to withdraw from the treaty comes from Poland, as well as from the Baltic States and Finland.
“Poland cannot be linked to any restrictions that do not allow to protect their homeland,” Kosiniak -Kakysh stressed.
It should be noted that the Ottawa Convention was adopted in Oslo on September 18, 1997, and came into force in 1999. More than 160 countries, including most Western powers, joined it.
The Baltic States, Poland and Finland have announced their intention to leave the Ottawa Convention on the ban on anti -personnel mines because of Russian threat.
At the end of April, Latvia President Edgar Rinkevich signed a law on the country’s exit from the Ottawa Convention. And on May 8, the Lithuanian Seimas denied the Ottawa Convention.
Instead, Norway stated that she would not leave this Convention because she believes that her modern defense systems will be sufficient in case of hostile aggression.
On June 19, the Finland Parliament voted for the exit of the country from the Ottawa Convention.