Arms Control Issues

From 15 to 20 December 2014, a Belarusian inspection group will verify a specified area in Ukraine and conduct an evaluation visit to a military unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces under the Agreement on Additional Confidence- and Security-Building Measures between Belarus and Ukraine.

The aim of the inspection is to prove that no military activity subject to preliminary notification under the Agreement is conducted in the specified area, as well as to evaluate the reliability of the information on the personnel and materiel of the verified unit, presented by Ukraine to the OSCE member states under the 2011 Vienna Document.

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On 16 December 2014, Vienna (Austria) will host an annual meeting of Chiefs of Verification Centres of the OSCE member states.

Belarus will be represented by Col. Yuri Chernukha, chief of the National Agency for Control and Inspections, Defence Ministry department.

During the meeting, the participants will discuss the implementation of international arms control treaties and strengthening of confidence and security-building measures in the OSCE region.