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| Polish Sejm approved the suspension of the country's participation in the CFE Treaty |
| 2024-03-09 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Polish Sejm voted to suspend the country's participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), according to the website of the lower house of the Polish parliament. The document was approved by 435 deputies of the legislative body. Five more parliamentarians voted against the initiative. Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Wladislaw Teofil Bartoszewski, in a conversation with reporters, answered the question of why Warsaw decided not to withdraw from the agreement, but only to suspend it. The deputy minister explained that the allies in the North Atlantic Alliance did not agree to the Polish side’s withdrawal from the CFE Treaty. As Regnum reported, on February 6, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysh called on Poland to prepare for a possible war with Russia. He emphasized that the reason for this is the conduct of a Russian special military operation (SVO). On March 6, State Secretary of the Moldovan Ministry of Defense Valery Mija informed that Moldova was suspending its participation in the CFE Treaty. He recalled that the agreement was concluded in 1990, and since then circumstances have changed radically. Veteran of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Lev Korolkov, in a conversation with a Regnum news agency correspondent, expressed the opinion that Chisinau’s refusal to comply with the CFE Treaty is rather a purely political demarche. The expert noted that such a decision by Moldova does not mean that it will go to seize the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldavian Republic (PMR). At the same time, according to Korolkov, if Chisinau nevertheless decides to occupy the PMR, then the Moldovan authorities will be faced with an almost impossible task, the solution of which could result in big problems. The SVR veteran added that the warehouse located in the Transnistrian village of Kolbasna poses difficulties for Moldova. Related: Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: 2023-11-19 Report: Joe Biden to Escape Charges for Mishandling Classified Docs Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: 2023-11-08 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: November 7th, 2023 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: 2023-11-08 Why Russia withdrew from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe |
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