CHISINAU, March 6. /TASS/. The Moldovan government will send a draft resolution on the suspension of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE Treaty) to parliament for approval.
The decision was approved at the Cabinet’s meeting, streamed by the government press service on Facebook (banned in Russia; owned by Meta Corporation, which is recognized as extremist in Russia).
"Given the significant change in circumstances since the signing of the treaty, it will be suspended with chances of resuming its implementation," Valeriu Mija, the state secretary of Moldova's Defense Ministry, has said.
The CFE Treaty was signed in 1990 and adapted in 1997. The NATO countries have not ratified the adapted version of the document, continuing to adhere to the 1990 provisions, which sets caps on conventional weapons based on the balance of force that had existed between the alliance and the long-disbanded Warsaw Treaty Organization.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 29, 2023 signed a law denouncing the CFE Treaty. This legal act entered into force on June 9. Moscow has repeatedly stated that the blame for the termination of the agreement will be placed squarely on the United States and its allies, which opted for the path of confrontation.