Originally Posted by Melchett01
You'd better get a shift on - I think by Dec 15 they mean in 2 weeks not 4 years. You know how slow the stores system can be ...
He is referring to the time between Russia's cessation of cooperation with CFE and the UK (and US) decision to also suspend activities under that treaty.
Note the following:
The Russians suspended compliance with the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) in December 2007.
And the date of the UK response:
Friday 25 November 2011
The decision was formally announced at a meeting in Vienna on Tuesday and Mr Lidington's statement to Parliament follows the United States' declaration it would halt co-operation with Russia.
In a written Commons statement Mr Lidington said: "Since December 2007, we have continued to fulfil our CFE Treaty obligations, and attempted to exercise our Treaty rights.
"We, our North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) allies and other States Parties to the Treaty have also made considerable efforts to engage the Russian Federation in negotiations aimed at finding a mutually acceptable resolution, but without success."
He said a situation where 29 nations "fulfilled their Treaty obligations and one did not" could not continue indefinitely.
"As a result, alongside a number of CFE Treaty signatories, the United Kingdom announced that for as long as the Russian Federation fails to fulfil its obligations towards the United Kingdom under the CFE Treaty, we will cease fulfilment of our key obligations towards the Russian Federation."
Mr Lidington said the UK would no longer provide information to the Russians in the annual data exchange that takes place under the terms of the Treaty on December 15.