Vladimir Putin has signed a decree that Russia begins the process of denouncing the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). According to the official document, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov will be the representative of the head of state in parliament during the consideration of this initiative.
Appointing Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Alekseevich Ryabkov as the official representative of the President during the consideration by the chambers of the Federal Assembly of the question of the denunciation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
- says the order of the President of Russia.
The agreement was signed in 1990 by NATO member states and members of the Warsaw Pact, and 9 years later an updated version of the agreement was adopted. The treaty was originally open and meant limiting the number of conventional weapons: tanks, heavy armored vehicles, combat aircraft and artillery.
The latest version of the treaty has only been ratified by four countries: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, although the document has been signed by representatives of thirty states. In 2007, the Russian Federation suspended its participation in the CFE Treaty on the basis of non-compliance by NATO countries with the terms of the agreement.
The treaty approved the maximum quantities of military equipment for each of the countries. For example, Poland, which suspended its participation in the CFE Treaty on March 28 this year, was not allowed to have more than 1,730 tanks, 460 combat aircraft and 1,610 artillery systems.
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