Authorized the Ministry of defence of Latvia has declared to Agency LETA, that the country has not signed a contract With Russia on the exchange of data on armed forces. remember, the 5th of may, the Russian Federation has sent Lithuania note, which stated that Russia unilaterally suspend the validity signed in 2001, a Bilateral Agreement on additional measures to strengthen the trust and security. This contract Lithuania and Russia was signed in 2001 provide that the countries will exchange information on their military capacities and bilateral military inspections. For example, the agreement concerns Russian military facilities in Kaliningrad. in the Ministry of defence of Latvia said that, Since 2000, the Republic several times offered Russia to sign such an agreement, but was always refused. According to the bureaucrats of the Ministry of defense, the Treaty provides for measures to enhance mutual trust and development of cooperation within the OSCE. In particular, With Belarus same contract Latvia signed in 2004. Military cooperation With Russia to date was conducted in Latvia due to the Vienna document and the Treaty of open skies OSCE, informs portal Delfi. As a result of these arrangements in Latvia in the last few years has been the military inspectors, as well as among them from Russia and Belarus. Authorized Latvia also participated in the inspection and control the flights in 2 neighbouring countries. Considering the events in Ukraine at the moment, Military cooperation With Russia for the time stopped. In practice this means, in particular, that Latvia does not invite to teaching Russian observers.
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