Baltics and Poland announce planned withdrawal from landmine treaty
The Ottawa Convention prohibits the production, possession, and transfer of anti-personnel mines.
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The Ottawa Convention prohibits the production, possession, and transfer of anti-personnel mines.
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00:00Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland agreed to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, an
00:07international treaty banning anti-personnel mines.
00:11The decision comes in response to growing concerns over Russia's growing military threat
00:16to its neighbouring countries.
00:18Latvia's Prime Minister Evika Silina said a draft would be submitted next week to the
00:22Parliament, who have to make the final decision.
00:25We will not be the first or the last country to withdraw from this Convention.
00:29And that is why today, after four Ministers' decisions, we are happy in the Cabinet of Ministers
00:35that we have started the process so that we can withdraw from the Ottawa Convention and
00:40leave the Ministry until next week in the Cabinet of Ministers' seat.
00:44Lithuania's Defence Minister Dovilišek Alina said the joint decision sent a strong political signal.
00:51As all the Defence Ministers of the entire region at one point sent a single message,
00:57it seems to me that it is much more logical to know how we are going to look at withdrawing
01:02and our own defence.
01:03Finland could be the next to withdraw, having previously said they were also considering
01:07leaving the treaty due to Russia's use of anti-personnel mines in Ukraine.