MOSCOW, March 29. /TASS/. Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed a law suspending the country’s participation in the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE), the office of the Polish head of state said.

On March 28, Duda "signed a law of March 7, 2004 on changing the term of the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe, which was signed in Paris on November 19, 1990," it said. Poland suspends its commitments under the treaty for an indefinite term, but is not formally withdrawing from it.

On November 7, 2023, NATO nations announced their intention to indefinitely suspend their participation in the CFE Treaty following Russia’s withdrawal from it. The Treaty was signed in 1990 and adapted in 1997. However, NATO countries did not ratify the adapted version of the CFE and have continued to adhere to the 1990 provisions, based on the conventional arms balance between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, which is non-existent now.

On May 29, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law denouncing the treaty. The law came into force on June 9. Moscow has repeatedly stressed that the blame for the treaty’s termination will rest on the United States and its allies, who have opted for the path of confrontation.