Lithuania has withdrawn from the Ottawa Convention on Anti-personnel Mines

Lithuania has officially withdrawn from the Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of anti-personnel mines. The LRT portal wrote about this on December 27.

"On Saturday, Lithuania officially withdrew from the Ottawa Convention prohibiting the use, stockpiling and production of anti-personnel mines. Exactly six months have passed since Lithuania officially informed the UN Secretary—General of its withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention," the article says.

In March 2025, the defense ministers of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland issued a joint statement of intent to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty. Later, the parliaments of the countries voted to withdraw from the agreement.

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Prior to that, on April 24, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova linked the Baltic states' statements about withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention with benefits for NATO. According to her, these states are aimed at developing cooperation with manufacturers of antipersonnel mines from the United States.

On July 10, the Finnish Foreign Ministry also announced the country's withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention on anti-personnel mines. This decision will come into force in January 2026.

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