Belarus will resume verification in the field of arms control

Belarusian servicemen and reservists take part in a training camp. File photoMINSK, June 20Belarus notified the OSCE countries that from June 20 it will resume verification activities under arms control treaties, the press service of the Belarusian Defense Ministry said on Monday. «Since June 20, the Republic of Belarus resumes verification activities within the framework of existing international arms control treaties. Today, notifications of its resumption have been sent to all OSCE participating States,» the message on the ministry's Telegram channel reads. /06/cdfc5981cfe4dab38344869709842b3f.jpg» />Putin did not ask Belarus to participate in the special operation, Lukashenko said. It is noted that «decisions on ensuring foreign inspection activities on the territory of the Republic of Belarus will be made on a parity basis.» Earlier, the Belarusian delegation in Vienna, within the framework of the OSCE forum for security cooperation, called on the organization's countries boycott policy in the field of arms control, declared its readiness to fulfill its international obligations in this area. Minsk announced that it would soon resume verification activities under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and the Vienna Document 2011. , Pushilin saidAt the event, the Belarusian delegation recalled that Belarus made the decision to suspend verification activities in 2020 after other countries announced this against the backdrop of the spread of coronavirus infection and began to refuse inspections to Minsk. At the same time, it was emphasized that Minsk continued to comply with bilateral agreements on additional confidence and security measures and on a parity basis invited representatives of Lithuania and Latvia to observe the stages of the West-2021 and Allied Resolve-2022 exercises, was open for working meetings of experts within the framework of bilateral agreements on additional confidence and security measures . It was stated that the Belarusian side repeatedly informed colleagues from Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine about this, but in 2021 and 2022 only meetings of experts from Belarus and Latvia took place.