landmines
Washington (AFP) - The United States said Tuesday it will return to a ban on landmines other than on the Korean peninsula, reversing course from former president Donald Trump as it drew a contrast with Russia's use of the explosives in Ukraine. President Joe Biden's administration said it would stop the use and production of anti-personnel landmines, which kill thousands of civilians a year. It said it will destroy the US stockpile of three million mines except when judged to be needed in Korea. "The administration's actions today are in sharp contrast to Russia's actions in Ukraine," senior S...
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Washington (AFP) - The White House on Tuesday announced a return to an almost total ban on the use and production of anti-personnel landmines, leaving an exception for the military facing off against Pyongyang on the Korean peninsula. A statement said the United States would align policy to "the international treaty prohibiting the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of anti-personnel landmines." This restores US policy to the position prior to former president Donald Trump's 2020 decision to authorize landmine use and production. From now, the US military will "not develop, produce, or...
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