NATO states could ratify CFE treaty before deadline

[December]

NATO states could ratify CFE treaty before deadline
25/ 10/ 2007


NOORDWIJK, October 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's defense minister said Thursday that NATO member states could ratify the adapted Conventional Forces in Europe treaty (CFE) before the Russian deadline for a moratorium expires in December.

The July 14 presidential decree set a 150-day deadline for the West to ratify the treaty. Meanwhile, Russia has pledged to honor all its commitments under the treaty until the moratorium comes into effect in mid-December.

"This [deadline] encourages NATO to make a decision as soon as possible," Anatoly Serdyukov said following an informal meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Noordwijk in the western Netherlands.

"The German defense minister, for instance, says he is in favor of signing and ratifying the adapted CFE treaty as soon as possible, meeting the main condition of the Russian side," the Russian minister said.

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[December]

Hungary supports CFE Treaty ratification - defense minister
26/ 10/ 2007

BUDAPEST, October 26 (RIA Novosti) - Hungary's defense minister said on Friday that his country would be among the first to ratify the amended Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty if Russia and NATO were to agree on the issue.

Imre Szekeres met with his Russian counterpart, Anatoly Serdyukov, who arrived on Friday on an official visit to Hungary from Noordwijk in the western Netherlands, where he had been attending an informal meeting of the Russia-NATO Council.

"I have told the Russian defense minister that Hungary firmly and strictly follows the provisions of the CFE treaty," Szekeres said. "And if Russia and NATO reach a corresponding agreement, we will be among the first to ratify the treaty."

He also said that Hungary, a NATO member since 1999, could sign a bilateral military-technical cooperation agreement with Russia in the near future.

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