Russia’s parliament is expected later in the day to formally renounce the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe, ratifying a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin on May 10.
The Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE), from which Russia is formally set to withdraw, is harming its security interests, a senior Russian diplomat tasked with handling the process said in statements published today.
Russia’s parliament is expected later in the day to formally renounce the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe, ratifying a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin on May 10.
“Any illusion of those who still hoped that Russia would return to this Treaty will disappear,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov discounted in an interview with Parliamentskaya Gazeta, published by the Russian parliament on a weekly basis.
The Treaty, “because of the changed situation, harms our security interests. This obvious fact will now need to be recognized in the West.”
Mr Ryabkov was named last week as Mr Putin’s representative in the parliamentary withdrawal process from the accord, which was ratified in June 1991 and was intended to reduce forces deployed in Europe by Warsaw Pact and NATO countries .
Russia had announced in 2015 that it was suspending its participation in the Treaty.
Source :Skai
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