Disarmament
Conventions
Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE)
The Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe - CFE (1990) has been considered the primary disarmament treaty in the field of conventional arms. The Treaty was originally concluded between the Member States of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. The Treaty provides inter alia for maximum number of soldiers and munitions, exchange of information, notifications, inspection and monitoring.
The Treaty was revised in 1999 in Istanbul but the amended version never entered into force because of disagreement about Russian military presence in Georgia (i.a. in Abkhazia) and Moldavia (the Region of Transnistria). The Russian side announced “postponement” of its implementation of the Treaty in December 2007, while the NATO countries continue to implement its provisions.
Iceland favours continued negotiations on towards full implementation of the CFE-Treaty.
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