Poland and the Baltic states have said they are planning to leave the Ottawa Convention, dealing a blow to the international treaty banning antipersonnel land mines.

Against the backdrop of Russia's three-year war in Ukraine, Poland and the Baltics are preparing to exit the Ottawa Treaty, ...

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland cite the Russo-Ukranian War and Russian aggression in general as a valid reason to ...

Ottawa Convention, which has been ratified or acceded to by more than 160 nations, will allow Poland and the three Baltic ...

Poland is stepping up defenses with the Baltic states ahead of possible Russian aggression as the war with Ukraine ...

The defense ministers of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia announced on Tuesday that they have unanimously recommended their countries' withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention due to heightened ...

Poland and the Baltic nations withdraw from the landmine treaty — whose movers won the Nobel Peace Prize (1997).

Poland and three Baltic states announced their intention to quit a treaty banning antipersonnel mines to give their forces a ...

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 ...

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 ...

The defense ministers of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia said in a joint statement that they “unanimously recommend withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention" — the international antipersonnel mine ...

Eastern European nations are moving towards exiting the Ottawa Contention, a treaty that bans anti-personnel landmines, to deter Russia from invading.