United States Government announced on 22nd, the US side will stop in accordance with the Treaty on conventional forces in Europe to meet Russia’s obligations, because the Russians refused to implement the Treaty in several years.
United States State Department, spokeswoman weiduoliya·niulan said: “in particular, the United States will not allow the Russian side in accordance with the Treaty on conventional forces in Europe to check the US bases will not be written annual communications and military data to the Russian side. “
She said that the United States does not intend to give up the “save and update” the possibility of such a treaty, will continue to be interchangeable with other treaties signed data. Once the Russians resume implementation of the Treaty, the US side will also follow suit.
The conventional forces in Europe Treaty signed in 1990 by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Treaty Organization, entered into force in 1992.
Treaty detailing the conventional armed forces in two big military blocs and the number of conventional weapons, regional, national limits, verification methods.
Dissolution of the Warsaw Treaty in July 1991. The 1999 amendments to the Treaty, by country, not the Group’s conventional armed forces in a restraint, but NATO members refused to approve, request Russia from Georgia and Moldova pullout.
Russian Parliament 2004 approved a revision of the Treaty. In December 2007, Russia announced the suspension of treaties because of NATO’s refusal to ratify and Russia fears eastward expansion of NATO and the United States of the European missile defense plan.