Amnesty International decries plans for Poland and Baltic countries to withdraw from antipersonnel mine treaty
Amnesty International is urging Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to “urgently reconsider” plans to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty, the international convention banning antipersonnel mines.
Poland, Baltic states look to quit Ottawa treaty banning landmines due to Russian threat
But the ministers of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia argue that the security situation along NATO’s eastern flank has “fundamentally deteriorated” since they signed on to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, and that “military threats to NATO member states bordering Russia and Belarus have significantly increased.”
KLAIPĖDA, Lithuania—As Russia has carried out its brutal invasion of Ukraine, it has increasingly resorted to hybrid warfare ...
Poland is stepping up defenses with the Baltic states ahead of possible Russian aggression as the war with Ukraine ...
RIGA - Over 40 local companies and individuals in the Baltic States are directly or indirectly subject to sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) and the United States, Saiva Krastina, Head of ...
For decades the Baltic Sea has served as a delicate buffer zone between a growing number of NATO members and Russia, more ...
EU must fund Baltic & Nordic security, says Sánchez, arguing Russia-bordering states need European solidarity. #EUDefense ...
Andriy Yermak, head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office, underscores importance of security guarantees, coordinated steps toward ...
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