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Article: Russia to Destroy Tanks, Armored Vehicles Under CFE Treaty
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- November 3, 1995
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Russia will destroy thousands of tanks and armored vehicles as
stipulated by the treaty on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE),
a key arms reduction pact, a senior official in the Defense Ministry
said today.
The official told the press that Russia will demolish 3,520 tanks
and 5,684 armored vehicles before the CFE treaty takes effect on
November 16.
Russia will retain 6,400 tanks and 11,480 armored vehicles in
Russia's European part.
The treaty, signed in 1990 by members of NATO and the now-defunct
Warsaw Pact, calls for major cuts in the number of tanks, artillery
pieces and other equipment in an area stretching from the Atlantic to
the Urals.
On November 16, a delegation from some ...