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Recommendation 5
5
Acknowledged
Paragraph: 34
Russia has a right to deploy troops on its own territory but also has a...
Conclusion
Russia has a right to deploy troops on its own territory but also has a duty to regional security and stability to be transparent about military exercises and military activity close to her borders, as set out in Section 1 of the OSCE’s Helsinki Final Act on exchange of military information on exercises.
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The government agrees with the committee's statement regarding Russia's obligations for transparency in military activities and expresses disappointment that Russia is not upholding these commitments. The government reaffirms its call for Russia to adhere to OSCE principles.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
The Government agrees that Russia has clear obligations to notify the OSCE of training exercises and significant movements of troops. These are long established mechanisms to increase transparency and build confidence. We are disappointed that Russia did not, and still chooses not to, engage constructively in using the OSCE processes available to provide necessary transparency. We call on Russia to uphold the OSCE principles and commitments that it freely signed up to.
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