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Belarus attends Vienna Document implementation assessment meeting MINSK, 2 March (BelTA) - An annual meeting to assess the implementation of the 2011 Vienna Document on confidence and security building measures is running in a virtual format on 2-3 March. On behalf of Belarus the meeting is attended by Aleksandr Vengura, head of the verification office of the Department of International Military Cooperation at the Defense Ministry, BelTA learned from the Defense Ministry of. The meeting participants are to review the implementation of the provisions of the Vienna Document in 2020 and the prop...

Tupolev Tu-134AK. Photo: Dmitry Terekhov flickr.com In mid-January, Russian authorities declared their intention to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty. This agreement allows parties to observe other participating actors’ territory from the air as a confidence-building measure. Earlier, in November 2020, numerous violations of this treaty by Russia pushed the United States to withdraw from the agreement. As a result, Moscow, which had continuously challenged the extent of the treaty’s power, immediately announced its own withdrawal. In recent years, Russia has increasingly violated major ...

The United States quit the Open Skies Treaty on November 22, 2020 WASHINGTON, February 3. /TASS/. The new US administration is looking into the possibility of returning to the Open Skies Treaty, but believes that Russia is not fully compliant with the agreement, US Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters. "We’re studying the issue. We’ll take a decision in due course," he said, when asked whether the US return to the treaty was possible. "To the best of our knowledge, Russia is still not in full compliance with the treaty," he claimed. Washington for several years accuse...

01/27/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/27/2021 10:29 NATO briefs on forward presence at OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation Organised by the United States FSC Chairpersonship, the meeting aimed to enhance participants' understanding of NATO's forward presence, and promote mutual trust and transparency. The Director for Operations in NATO's Operations Division, Burcu San, opened the discussion, addressing representatives from the OSCE's 57 participating states, including Russia. She stressed that NATO's forward presence - composed of four multinational battlegroups in Estonia...

Toggle open close As Joe Biden begins his presidency, he will likely seek to prioritize domestic issues, including remedying the devastating societal and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, over foreign policy. The world, however, has a tendency to intrude on the plans of new Presidents. In the Indo–Pacific, China will undoubtedly be the major foreign policy concern for the Biden Administration, since it encompasses military, economic, and diplomatic challenges. North Korea may not initially be a predominant focus of the Administration, but Pyongyang does not like to be ignored. The ...