Dmitry Volfovich: "Belarus is a peace-loving country, it does not threaten anyone. At the same time, it must adequately respond to the actions of the West"
– The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe entered into force in 1992, when the political situation was completely different. It was an effective tool for arms control, and a lot of work was done on mutual inspections and information exchange.
Now we can clearly see what is happening near our borders. The leadership of Poland and the Baltic countries openly provides its territory for the US Armed Forces, and recently the first group of Bundeswehr servicemen arrived in Lithuania. According to published information, more than 30,000 NATO servicemen are stationed around Belarus. It turns out that the principles laid down in the treaty are not being fulfilled by NATO countries. Although Belarus has fulfilled the requirements and provisions of the document until the last moment.
Belarus is a peace-loving country and does not threaten anyone. At the same time, it must adequately respond to the actions of the West. Again, this is a suspension of the treaty, not a withdrawal from it.