CFE Treaty - in discutie la forumul NATO-Rusia de la Moscova. important ca se discuta, totusi. "Russian opposition to resurrecting the existing Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty remains unrelenting. The Treaty, which entered into force in 1992, created a sophisticated system of monitoring, inspections, and verification of conventional military deployments and activities in the zone extending from the Atlantic to the Urals. Besides the limits on the permissible number of tanks, armored vehicles, artillery pieces, combat aircraft, and helicopters, the Treaty established an extensive system of military confidence-building measures that helped eliminate the possibility of large-scale surprise attacks in Europe. Unfortunately, NATO’s subsequent membership enlargement and the stationing of Russian military units in the separatist regions of Georgia and Moldova have resulted in mutual accusations of treaty violations. The sides negotiated a settlement regarding these issues in 1999, but they have disagreed over whether NATO must first ratify an adopted treaty that incorporates NATO’s new members, or whether Russia must first remove its forces from occupied Georgia and Moldova. On December 12, 2007, the Russian government “suspended” its participation in the CFE Treaty due to “exceptional circumstances” that allegedly jeopardized Russia’s “national interests in the sphere of military security.” Since then, Russia has stopped informing the other State Parties to the treaty about the size, location, and activities of its armed forces. In November 2011, NATO governments imposed the same limitations on the data they shared with Russia."
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