Tallinn, June 4, 2025 (AFP) - Estonian MPs vote to leave landmark anti-mine treaty

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2025-06-04
Estonian lawmakers voted on Wednesday to quit a treaty banning anti-personnel mines, the third Baltic country to do so as the region warily eyes neighbouring Russia and seeks to reinforce its security. The country, and fellow Baltic states Lithuania and Latvia, as well as Poland, announced in March they wanted to withdraw from the anti-landmine Ottawa Convention, citing increased military threats. Now the Estonian parliament "adopted a law to wit......
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