16 European countries, including Bulgaria, will seek a new agreement with Russia on arms control, reported Reuters.
“European security is in danger,” stated German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. “We need to have more conversations with Russia, not less, no matter how complicated our relations are at the moment.”
The Social Democrat Steinmeier, who will probably become the new president of Germany, called for a deal on arms control as early as August.
By September, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Spain, Finland, Holland, Norway, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia and Portugal had joined his initiative as members of the Organisation for …read more
Source: Novinite