Turkiye has followed suit with its NATO allies and Russia in suspending an arms treaty that imposed limitations on conventional military equipment in Europe.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree on 4 April to suspend Ankara’s duties under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.
In November last year, Washington and NATO members withdrew from the European arms-limiting pact after Russia made the same move.
“The CFE Treaty was concluded at the end of the Cold War, when the formation of a new architecture of global and European security based on cooperation seemed possible, and appropriate attempts were made,” Russia’s foreign ministry said, adding, “Even the formal preservation of the CFE Treaty has become unacceptable from the point of view of Russia’s fundamental security interests.”
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