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Poland can mine border within 48 hours after Ottawa Convention exit, PM says
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Poland can mine border within 48 hours after Ottawa Convention exit, PM says
WARSAW, Feb 19 - Poland's withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention means it will be able to lay anti-personnel mines along its eastern border in the space of 48 hours if a threat emerges, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday, shortly before the withdrawal becomes effective. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Poland plans to place anti-personnel mines on the border with Belarus as part of the "Eastern Shield" project.
The Eastern Shield country intends to protect its borders from potential threats
The withdrawal of Poland from the Ottawa Convention will allow them to place me anti-personally along its east border within 48 hours if there is a threat.Declarations were made of first-hand...
Poland will be able to deploy anti-personnel mines along its eastern border within 48 hours if a security threat arises, Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared, when the withdrawal of the country from the Ottawa Convention is about to become official. In Warsaw, Tusk said that the measure was part of Poland's broader Eastern Shield initiative, aimed at strengthening defences along its borders with Belarus and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. He …
Friday, February 20th marks the end of the withdrawal period from the Ottawa Convention, which obligated Poland to abandon anti-personnel mines. According to Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, Poland intends to produce this type of weapon itself.
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