President of Poland Andrzej Duda for an indefinite period suspended the contract on ordinary armed forces in Europe (DOVS).
The relevant document is published on the official website of the Polish President.
The decision is justified by denunciation of the Agreement by Russia, as well as the actions of the Russian Federation allegedly aimed at destabilizing peace and security in Europe, ”the report.
“The suspension of the application of the contract is necessary for security and defense reasons, as well as the interests of the foreign policy of the Republic of Poland,” the document says.
The Treaty of ordinary Armed Forces in Europe (DOVS) was signed on November 19, 1990 in Paris by plenipotentiary representatives of sixteen Participants of NATO (Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Netherlands Norway, Portugal, USA, Turkey and France) and six member states of the Warsaw Treaty (ATS) (Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the USSR and Czechoslovakia) and entered into force on November 9, 1992.
In 1999, at the OSCE summit in Istanbul, an updated (adapted) version of DOVS was signed taking into account new conditions (dissolution of the ATS and the expansion of NATO).