Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev said that the decision of the parties to the Ottawa Convention to give Ukraine another 10 years to destroy anti-personnel mines encourages further violations of international humanitarian law. TASS.
“Extending the deadline is a carte blanche, a special exception, an encouragement to further violations of international humanitarian law,” he wrote.
At a conference in Geneva, countries participating in the Ottawa Convention stated that Kiev still has in its arsenal “several million” PFM-1 “Petal” mines banned by the convention. As a result, Ukraine was given an additional period until December 1, 2033 to fulfill its obligations to destroy anti-personnel mines.
The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, or the Ottawa Convention, was adopted in 1997 and entered into force on 1 March 1999. There are 164 countries participating, countries that hold the right to produce mines are excluded from the agreement. These include Russia, the USA, China, Iran, Vietnam, India, South Korea, Cuba, North Korea, Myanmar, Pakistan and Singapore.
Formerly the permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the UN named the criminals Kiev’s violation of the Ottawa Convention.
Previously Russian Armed Forces hit RBK-500 cluster bombs against the Ukrainian Armed Forces.