Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said this was the “last straw” in the Russian Federation’s decision on the Convention on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). This has been reported Web site Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“Finland’s recent accession to NATO, which is not a state party to the CFE Treaty, but which surrounds part of the territory of the Russian Federation, which is also included in the area of application of the Treaty, includes the deployment of conventional armed forces of the Third States in Finland and the CFE Treaty. “The ongoing procedures to accept non-partisan Sweden into the alliance significantly upset the stable balance of conventional armed forces in northern Europe,” he said. vice-president of the ministry.
He described these steps, which made Russia’s withdrawal inevitable, “the last straw”.
According to the diplomat, the Russian Federation will withdraw from this agreement “even if it turns back the Danube waters”. He noted that this was not about an intention that could be reviewed, but a decision already taken and embodied in Moscow law.
Ryabkov also pointed out that from a legal standpoint, after Russia’s withdrawal from the CFE Treaty, Russia would be forever exempt from its obligations under this treaty, while in practical terms little would change because the treaty was already suspended. Russian Federation.
formerly NATO He insisted Russia will reconsider its decision on the CFE Treaty.