The Ottawa Convention prohibits the production, possession, and transfer of anti-personnel mines. View on euronews ...

As regional tensions escalate, four NATO countries have made a controversial decision to withdraw from a key treaty.

Gabrielius Landsbergis is the former Foreign Minister of Lithuania (2020-2024). He is currently visiting Georgia, having ...

Poland and the Baltic states on Tuesday took a first step towards quitting a treaty banning anti-personnel mines, citing an ...

Lithuania earlier this month quit another treaty banning cluster bombs citing security concerns over the threat from Moscow, ...

A letter on X signed by the defense ministers of the four nations has recommended withdrawal from the anti-personnel landmine convention because of the deterioration in regional security.

The countries said their security situation 'has fundamentally deteriorated' since they ratified the Ottawa Convention more than a decade ago.

NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia plan to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel ...

The announcement comes as Ukraine and Russia may be on the brink of concluding a 30-day ceasefire and may move towards a more permanent end to the three-year-old conflict sparked by Russia's invasion ...

Military threats to NATO member states bordering Russia and Belarus have significantly increased," the four nations argue in a statemement.

Poland and the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are contemplating leaving the Ottawa Convention, which bans antipersonnel landmines, due to increased threats from Russia. While ...