Lukashenko suspends Belarus’ participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

Alexander Lukashenko. Photo: Belta

Self-proclaimed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a law suspending Belarus’ participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), signed in Paris in 1990.

source: Interfax

details: The document was published on the National Legal Portal of the Republic of Belarus. “Participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990 is suspended,” says the document signed by the Belarusian head of state.

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Previously: The Czech Republic announced the suspension of its obligations under the Treaty with respect to Belarus in August 2022. Poland made a similar decision in March 2023. Belarus adopted a law suspending the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe with respect to the Republic of Poland and the Czech Republic in October 2023.

For reference: The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe was signed on 19 November 1990 in Paris by 16 NATO states and six Warsaw Pact countries (Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, USSR and Czechoslovakia). It entered into force on 9 November 1992.

The agreement set quotas for the amount of military equipment that signatory states were allowed to possess, including tanks, artillery, helicopters and aircraft.

background: On November 7, 2023, Russia fully withdrew from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). Following this, NATO member states condemned Russia’s decision to withdraw from the CFE Treaty and announced their intention to suspend their participation in it indefinitely.

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