{"id":83816,"date":"2024-05-06T14:58:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T11:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/83816\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"upper-chamber-approves-suspension-of-conventional-armed-forces-treaty","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/83816\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper chamber approves suspension of conventional armed forces treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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May 6, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Council of Republic, the National Assembly’s upper chamber, has approved the bill suspending Belarus\u2019 commitments under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), its press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MP approved the bill in a single reading on April 17. It still needs Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka’s approval to enter into force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dating back to the last years of the Cold War, the CFE Treaty was designed to ensure transparency of conventional weapons and armed forces in Europe. Moscow withdrew from the treaty in 2023, citing a confrontation with the West, while Minsk remained a party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk would not withdraw from the CFE Treaty completely and would continue fulfilling internal procedures related to its implementation in the Armed Forces, adhering to the established limits on weapons and military personnel, \u0141uka\u0161enka, who endorsed the bill, noted in early April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October 2023, the Belarusian ruler approved the suspension of Belarus\u2019 commitments under the CFE Treaty with regard to Poland and the Czech Republic after both countries halted cooperation with Belarus over Minsk\u2019s complicity in Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus thus renounced its legal obligation to allow inspections of its conventional arms and equipment and to exchange information on military capabilities with Poland and the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CFE Treaty limited Belarus\u2019 conventional weapons to no more than 1,800 main battle tanks, 2,800 armored vehicles, 1,615 artillery systems, 294 combat aircraft and 80 attack helicopters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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