Russia Completely Withdraws From Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty
SputnikNews.com
10.03.2015
Russia suspends its participation in the work of the Joint Consultative Group under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.
Moscow has halted its participation in a consulting group on the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), a statement on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s site says.
The suspension finalizes Moscow’s unilateral moratorium on the implementation of the CFE treaty declared in a decree issued by President Vladimir Putin in 2007.”Russia made a decision to halt its participation in meetings of the consulting group from March 11, 2015.
Thus, suspension of actions in the CFE declared by Russia in 2007 becomes full,” the statement reads.The Russian Foreign Ministry added that “NATO countries actually prefer to bypass the provisions of the CFE Treaty by expanding the alliance.”
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