Belarus suspended membership of the Conventional Armed Forces Treaty
| The President of Belarus signed the law suspending the country's membership in the "Treaty of Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE)". |
report Mehr News, citing Tass, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko suspended Minsk’s membership in the Treaty of Conventional Armed Forces in Europe by legally signing.
The document published on the official website of the Belarusian government states: The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe approved on November 19, 1990 is hereby suspended.
The press service of the Belarusian presidency announced in early April that Lukashenko agreed to submit the bill to suspend the country’s membership in the mentioned treaty to the Minsk parliament. Belarus signed this treaty in 1992. According to the announcement of the Office of the President of Belarus, Minsk has fulfilled all its obligations under this treaty, while the Czech Republic in 2022 and Poland in 2023 refused to fulfill their obligations towards Belarus.
According to the confirmation of the Office of the President of Belarus, this law does not mean that Minsk will withdraw from this treaty or stop the implementation of internal military procedures. The Ministry of Defense of Belarus has emphasized that Minsk does not intend to increase the military equipment and weapons related to the said treaty in the near future. This treaty has defined limits for the general levels of ammunition and equipment and conventional weapons, mechanisms for verifying the fulfillment of obligations, including information exchange and inspections.
