Moscow-Sana
The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, today called on the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Ukraine to provide explanations regarding the storage of anti-personnel mines in the city of Vrpetice in the Czech Republic.
“This information raises doubts about the integrity of the Czech’s implementation of its obligations under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty,” Sputnik news agency quoted Zakharova as saying in a statement today. The means ”Pointing out that the information reported by the German newspaper“ Die Welt ”on the seventeenth of this month regarding the storage of anti-personnel mines in the Czech city of Vrpetice, which was circulated on a large international scale,“ attracted the interest of the Russian Foreign Ministry. ”
Zakharova added, under Article 1 of the treaty, member states undertake under any circumstances not to use anti-personnel mines and not to assist, encourage or incite any other person in any way to do so.
Yesterday, Zakharova confirmed in an interview with "Russia 1" channel that the recent statements of Czech President Milos Zeman show the invalidity of Prague's accusations that Russia was involved in the explosion that occurred in an ammunition warehouse near the city of Vrpetice in 2014.
