International Military Cooperation Issues

From 13 to 19 March, a French inspection group will visit Belarus under the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty.

The inspectors will inspect a military unit of the Belarusian Armed Forces (at their option), which is subject to control under the CFE Treaty, and conduct an evaluation visit to the Western Operational Command under the 2011 Vienna Document.

The aim of the inspection is to prove that the actual amount of the materiel limited by the treaty corresponds to the declared data. The inspectors will evaluate the reliability of the information, presented by Belarus to the CFE Treaty members under the 2011 Vienna Document, on the personnel and materiel of the verified unit. The inspection group will include six military inspectors from France and one inspector from Spain and Italy each.

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From 14 to 18 March, a Belarusian inspection group will inspect a military unit of the French armed forces, which is subject to control under the CFE Treaty, and conduct an evaluation visit to one of the military units of the French armed forces under the 2011 Vienna Document.

The aim of the inspection is to prove that the actual amount of the materiel limited by the treaty corresponds to the declared data. The inspectors will evaluate the reliability of the information, presented by France to the OSCE member states under the 2011 Vienna Document, on the personnel and materiel of the verified unit.