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Slovakia to become signatory to Cluster Munitions Convention

Xinhua, April 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

Slovakia will become a signatory to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), according to a decision made by the Slovak government on Wednesday.

The CCM agreement is scheduled to come into effect in Slovakia as of Jan. 1, 2016. Under its terms, Slovakia will be banned to use, develop, produce, store and transfer to any other entities cluster munitions.

Slovakia will be further obliged to decommission its cluster munitions within eight years. This period could be potentially extended to 16 years.

The estimated costs of decommissioning will be 5.5 million euro (5.8 million U.S. dollars) between 2016 and 2023.

According to the Defense Ministry, Slovakia has at its disposal a total of 764 cluster bombs and rockets containing further sub-munitions.

The accession of Slovakia is yet to be approved by the Slovak Parliament and President Andrej Kiska.

The international CCM treaty entered into force since Aug. 1, 2010, has been signed by a total of 116 countries -- including some cluster munitions producers. Endit