Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus - The Intermediate-Range and Small Range Ballistic Rockets' Liquidation Treaty between the USA and the USSR (IRSRR Treaty)

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2. Treaty between the United States and the USSR
on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles
(the INF Treaty)

    The INF Treaty was signed between the United States and the USSR on December 8, 1987 and it entered into force on June 1, 1988. The elimination of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles and their launchers, as well as the associated equipment, was completed by June 1, 1991.
    The Republic of Belarus together with Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan became a successor state of the former USSR to the INF Treaty, based on the decision of the CIS Summit on October 9, 1992 in Bishkek (Kyrghyzstan).
    Presently, the implementation of the INF Treaty provisions by the Republic of Belarus is limited to compliance with the established bans, and the notification activity, as well as to participation in the activities of the consultative body, the Special Verification Commission (SVC) in Geneva. The inspection activities under the Treaty were completed on May 31, 2001.
    The INF Treaty is of unlimited duration. According to its provisions, the Parties committed neither to produce any medium-range (1000-5500 km) and shorter-range (500-1000 km) ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles, nor carry out flight tests of such missiles nor produce any stages and launchers of such missiles.
    From the beginning of the independent implementation of the INF Treaty by the Republic of Belarus (December, 1993) till its completion, the Republic hosted and escorted 21 US inspections of former missile operation bases and support facilities. At the same time, Belarus did not exercise control over the respective former US facilities, annually handing over its active inspection quota to Russia, as provided for by agreements between the Parties within the SVC.
    The exchange of messages and notifications of specified formats under the INF Treaty is carried out between Belarus and the United States through Belarus-US Continuous Communications Link, the End User Station of which is located in NAKI.
    Within the Joint Consultative Group framework, issues of implementation of commitments undertaken by the Parties as well as measures to improve the viability and effectiveness of the Treaty provisions are considered on the level of experts. The total number of SVC sessions held to date is 29.

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