Arms Control Issues

From 13 to 16 July, a Belarusian inspection group will verify a specified area in Poland and conduct an evaluation visit to a military unit of the Polish Armed Forces under the Agreement on Additional Confidence- and Security-Building Measures between Belarus and Poland.

The aim of the inspection is to prove that no military activity subject to preliminary notification under the 2011 Vienna Document is conducted in the area.

The inspectors will evaluate the reliability of the information, presented by Poland to the OSCE member states under the 2011 Vienna Document, on the personnel and materiel of the verified unit.

From 14 to 16 July, a group of Romanian and US inspectors will conduct an observation flight over Belarus and Russia on board an An-30 observation aircraft under the Open Skies Treaty.

The inspection will be aimed at verifying military activities in the observed states.

At the same time, Minsk will host a working meeting dedicated to the implementation of the Agreement on Additional Confidence- and Security-Building Measures between Belarus and Lithuania.