The 16^th meeting of the countries parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention will take place in Vienna, Austria on 18-21 December. A Belarusian delegation will take part in the event, we learned from Dmitry Mironchik, Head of the Information Office, Press Secretary of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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    “As of the date Belarus joined the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 2003 the country had the world’s seventh largest inventory of antipersonnel mines — about 4 million units. In 2017 Belarus fully destroyed the entire stockpile of the antipersonnel mines prohibited by the Ottawa Convention. “The accomplishment represents another concrete and very important contribution of Belarus to disarmament, enhancement of international peace and security”.