The group on Tuesday announced the formal suspension of a key Cold War-era security treaty in response to Russia’s pullout from the deal just hours earlier.
BRUSSELS — NATO member countries that signed a key Cold War-era security treaty froze their participation in the pact on Tuesday just hours after Russia pulled out, raising fresh questions about the future of arms control agreements in Europe. Many of NATO’s 31 allies are parties to the Treaty of
Russia has finalized its withdrawal from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, declaring the Cold War-era agreement null and void on Tuesday more than a decade after the Kremlin suspended the accord.
BRUSSELS >> NATO member countries that signed a key Cold War-era security treaty froze their participation in the pact today just hours after Russia pulled out, raising fresh questions about the future of arms control agreements in Europe.
The treaty was designed to reduce tensions between Cold War rivals by curbing military buildups on borders in Europe. But Russia's exit, along with its war in Ukraine, have made the treaty "unsustainable," NATO said.
Many of NATO’s 31 allies have signed the Treaty of Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, which was aimed at preventing Cold War rivals from massing forces at or near mutual borders.
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