MOSCOW, November 7. /TASS/. Any agreements between Russia and NATO member states in the sphere of arms control are impossible as of today, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The ministry announced that the procedure of Russia's withdrawal from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) was completed at midnight on November 7 and the document was no longer valid for Moscow.

"Authorities of NATO member states and the bloc's clients clearly demonstrated their inability to negotiate," the statement reads. "As of today, any arms control agreements with them are impossible.".

MOSCOW, November 7. /TASS/. Any agreements between Russia and NATO member states in the sphere of arms control are impossible as of today, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The ministry announced that the procedure of Russia's withdrawal from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) was completed at midnight on November 7 and the document was no longer valid for Moscow.

"The procedure for Russia's withdrawal from the CFE stipulated by the Treaty was completed at 0:00 a.m., November 7, 2023 [9:00 p.m. November 6 GMT]," the ministry’s statement reads. "Therefore, the international legal document, which was suspended by our country back in 2007, is now a history for us."

"Authorities of NATO member states and the bloc's clients clearly demonstrated their inability to negotiate," the statement reads. "As of today, any arms control agreements with them are impossible."

The treaty was signed in 1990 and was later updated in 1997. NATO countries did not ratify the modified version of the treaty, continuing to adhere to the 1990 provisions, which contain conventional arms norms based on the balance between NATO and the Warsaw Pact Organization.

As a result, Russia was forced to declare a moratorium on the implementation of the agreement in 2007. On March 11, 2015, Russia suspended its participation in meetings of the Joint Consultative Group on CFE Treaty, thus completing the process of suspending its membership in the treaty, but it continued to be a party to the treaty from a legal perspective.

Since then, Russia's interests in the Joint Consultative Group have been represented by Belarus.

On May 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on the denunciation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), which came into force on June 9.