[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Russia may lose its military influence on borders due to NATO's expansion
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Russia may lose its military influence on borders due to NATO's expansion
01/26/2006 17:02
The West continues to put pressure on Russia, trying to make the country
withdraw its troops from potentially dangerous territories
The Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov stated during his recent visit
to Baku that Russia could possibly pull out from the Conventional Armed Forces
in Europe Treaty (CFE). According to the minister, Russia may end its
membership in the treaty if the West continues to insist on the withdrawal of
the Russian military contingent from Georgia and Moldova. The USA and several
European countries accuse Russia of poor execution of obligations.
The treaty to restrict conventional armed forces in Europe was signed in
1990. According to the agreement between the members of NATO and the Warsaw
Treaty the document stipulated a gradual reduction of arms deployed on the
indicated territory. Russia has a right to have 6,350 tanks and 11,280 armoured
vehicles on its territory. This quantity is enough to react to possible
external threats. The treaty was revised in 1999 when certain quotations for
the deployment of arms were fixed.
The new version of the treaty is highly important for Russia. The current
conditions of the treaty restrict the quantity of arms in the so-called flank
zone. The unstable Caucasian region of Russia is included in this territory: it
is obvious that Russia should concentrate more attention and weaponry in the
region. The Russian military command would like to add 400 tanks and 2,420
armoured vehicles in the flank zone.
The new version of the document, however, which settles the
discrepancies, is considered null and void until it is ratified by all
member-countries. For the time being, the treaty has been ratified by Russia,
Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine.
The question regarding the regulation of the old problem was raised at
the end of 2005. The Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov stated
during the OSCE summit in Ljubljana that Russia and other countries
participating in the treaty could lose the control over arms in Europe if the
treaty remained unratified. "I do not think that someone of us would be
interested in dealing with such a turn of events," the minister said.
NATO tries to postpone the solution of the problem reminding Russia of
the current problems in Georgia and Moldova, where Russian military contingents
are deployed. According to Russian official, though, the alliance does not
ratify the document but continues to expand eastwards setting up more and more
army bases.
Russia and Georgia managed to overcome numerous problems in May 2005 and
agreed to withdraw Russian bases from Batumi and Akhalkalaki. Russia undertook
to complete the process by 2008.
About 1,500 Russian servicemen are still stationed in Moldova. The
question of ammunition depots, which Russia will have to destroy, is much more
important, at this point. Slovenia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Dimitry Rupel
criticized Russia. The official stated that he could see no excuses for the
ongoing neglect of duties: "We still argue about the agreements achieved in
Istanbul in 1999 regarding the withdrawal of Russian forces from Moldova,"
Rupel said.
NATO's growing number of members (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Slovenia
have recently become members of the alliance) complicates the dialogue. New
members do not participate in the Treaty on the Conventional Armed Forces in
Europe. NATO may soon deploy its troops in the Baltic states against the
background of its movement from Central to Eastern Europe.
Vladimir Vysokov
Discuss this article on Pravda.Ru English Forum
Read the original in Russian:
http://www.pravda.ru/world/europe/26-01-2006/74817-dogovor-0 (Translated by:
Dmitry Sudakov)
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