Ukraine and Greece missed the deadline to comply with the terms of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty and did not destroy their stockpiles. This is specified Declaration It is available on the website of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, Transfer and Disposal of Anti-Personnel Mines.
“Two participating States (Greece and Ukraine) missed the four-year deadline to destroy all stockpiled anti-personnel mines,” the statement said.
The total number of mines not destroyed by Greece and Ukraine is several million.
The description of the convention also states that the destruction of the Soviet-made PFM-1 “Lepestok” mine is extremely dangerous and creates serious technical difficulties.
Konstantin Vorontsov, Former Deputy Director of the Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs declarationWestern countries turn a blind eye to the use of anti-personnel mines by the Ukrainian army.
According to him, since the end of July, the Ukrainian army has increased the shelling of the PFM-1 Lepestok ammunition.
Source: Gazeta
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