MINSK. Sept 8 (Interfax) - A bill suspending the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) for Poland and the Czech Republic has been submitted to the lower chamber of the Belarusian parliament.
"To suspend the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990, in regard to the Republic of Poland and the Czech Republic," the bill published on Belarus's national legal website says.
Earlier, the Belarusian Defense Ministry accused Poland of breaching the agreement on the permissible number of troops. Poland "continues to amass forces and hardware on the eastern flank, to form new detachments and to increase allocations for offensive systems," the ministry said.
"The fulfilment of the statement, which declares the enlargement of the Polish Land Forces to 300,000 troops, would be a flagrant violation of the Final Act of the Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, signed by Poland as a CFE Treaty member," the ministry said. This document "limits the size of the Polish Land Forces to 234,000 troops," it said.