Russia has officially terminated military cooperation agreements with France, Canada, and Portugal. The corresponding order, signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, was published on the legal information portal.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been instructed to notify the Canadian, French, and Portuguese sides of the decision, as reported by The Moscow Times.
According to the document, the following agreements have been terminated: the 1989 agreement on military visits with Canada, the 1994 defense cooperation agreement with France, and the 2000 military cooperation agreement with Portugal.
In July, Mishustin also ended another document — the agreement on military-technical cooperation with Germany. The Russian Foreign Ministry had announced its intention to withdraw from it shortly before, stating that although the agreement formally remained in effect, it “had lost its meaning and practical significance” and did not reflect the real state of Russian-German relations. At that time, the ministry also noted that the German government was “driven by excessive foreign policy ambitions that directly affect Russia’s vital security interests.”
A month earlier, in June, Mishustin signed an order denouncing the agreement with Sweden concerning the exchange of information on nuclear installations and the operational notification of incidents at nuclear facilities.
