NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia said Tuesday they are abandoning the 1997 Ottawa convention treaty ...

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The NATO allies pulling out of a treaty banning the use of landmines said it sends the message they'll use whatever they need ...

A letter on X signed by the defense ministers of the four nations has recommended withdrawal from the anti-personnel landmine ...

By Andrius Sytas and Barbara Erling VILNIUS/WARSAW (Reuters) -NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia plan to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel landmines due to the ...

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

Poland and the three Baltic nations say they want to withdraw from an international convention that bans antipersonnel land mines due to the growing threat from Russia to front-line NATO states ...

Poland, along with Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, announced on Tuesday their plan to withdraw from an international treaty prohibiting the use of antipersonnel land mines. The move comes in response ...

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 ...

Quitting the 1997 treaty will allow Poland and the three Baltic countries to start stockpiling and using landmines again.

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