March 18, 2025 4:27 PM

Poland and Baltic nations plan to pull out from landmines convention

NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia plan to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel mines due to the military threat from their neighbour Russia, the four countries said on Tuesday. Quitting the 1997 treaty, which has been ratified or acceded to by more than 160 nations but not by Russia, will allow Poland and the three Baltic countries to start stockpiling landmines again. "Military threats to NATO member states bordering Russia and Belarus have significantly...