The State Duma appreciated the decision of Polish deputies to allow the trafficking of anti-personnel mines

Several countries have already withdrawn from the Ottawa Convention of 1997, which prohibits the use, storage and production of anti-personnel mines. Alexey Chepa, First Deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, recalled this on Thursday, June 26, responding to the decision of Polish deputies to allow the circulation of explosive devices.

Earlier, on June 25, the Polish Sejm voted to denounce the Ottawa Convention prohibiting the use, storage and production of anti-personnel mines. 360.ru . The bill will be submitted to the Senate and signed by President Andrzej Duda, RT reports.

According to the parliamentarian, this indicates that they are going to build minefields. He added that this is how the country's authorities explain the increase in contributions to NATO, those structures that participate in military-industrial programs.

"They are the beneficiaries in the country, and people will be content to cut other budget items: healthcare, education, social services," the deputy concluded.

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Earlier, on June 23, Bloomberg reported that the leaders of Poland and the Baltic states are calling for increased funding for border defense in connection with Russia's alleged destabilizing activities.

The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction was signed in Oslo in September 1997 and subsequently opened for signature by States in Ottawa in December of the same year.