Norway will not leave the landmine treaty, says Foreign Minister, says the Foreign Minister

April 02, 2025 02:37 PM IST NORWEIE DEPENDENCE/LANDMONS: Norway will not leave the Landmine Treaty, says Foreign Minister by Gwladys Fouche Norway will not leave the Landmine Treaty, says Foreign Minister OSLO, NATO Member Norway will not withdraw from the world of the country on Wednesday. not. Finland said on Tuesday that it was planning to leave the Ottawa Convention in 1997 as a way to soften the military threat posed by its neighbor Russia, following Poland and the Baltic countries, which announced similar moves last month. This has left Norway as the only European country bordering Russia that does not intend for the possibility of supplying anti-staff land mines again, but it is not about to change, Foreign Minister, Espen Barth Eide, told Reuters. It was important to hold a global stigma against a weapon that mutilated and killed long after a war was over, he said, and to ensure that certain types of weapons, including chemical and bacteriological, were excluded for use in conflict. “This particular decision is something we regret,” Barth Eide said in an interview. “When we start to weaken our dedication, it makes it easier to fight factions around the world to use these weapons again because it reduces the stigma.” Norway was not concerned that its defense would be weakened by not changing its policy on land mines against staff, he said. The Nordic country shares a 200km border with Russia in the Northern Artic region. “We have a very modern advanced defense system. We have bought extremely advanced systems that can attack from land, air and the sea,” Eide said. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without edits to text. Read Breaking News, the latest UK updates, UK, Pakistan and other countries around the world on topics related to politics, crime and national matters. Read Breaking News, the latest UK updates, UK, Pakistan and other countries around the world on topics related to politics, crime and national matters. See fewer