{"id":32994,"date":"2025-12-08T08:30:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T06:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=32994"},"modified":"2025-12-08T08:30:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T06:30:51","slug":"russia-terminates-decades-old-military-pacts-with-portugal-france-and-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/russia-terminates-decades-old-military-pacts-with-portugal-france-and-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia terminates decades-old military pacts with Portugal, France and Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Russia has terminated three longstanding military cooperation agreements with Canada, France, and Portugal. The agreements, signed between 1989 and 2000, were declared no longer strategically relevant by Russian authorities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new decree instructs the Russian Foreign Ministry to officially notify Canada, France, and Portugal of the termination of their respective agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pacts were originally concluded during a period of improved relations between Moscow and Western governments following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 1989 pact with Canada was signed just weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall, at a moment when Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was attempting to rebuild relations with Western governments and signal a shift away from Cold War confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agreement focused on military-to-military contacts and was intended to demonstrate goodwill during a period of rapid geopolitical change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 1994 agreement with France came as President Boris Yeltsin sought deeper integration with European security structures and pushed for a more cooperative security environment on the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeltsin had hoped Russia could eventually join NATO or establish a special partnership with the alliance, and the treaty with Paris committed both countries to hold consultations during crises and work toward building \u201ca network of peace and solidarity\u201d in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Image shows a Russian Ilyushin Il-20M (NATO codename Coot-A) aircraft interception from NATO Quick Reaction Alert Typhoon FGR4 on April 15, 2025. (Image Credit: UK Royal Air Force)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The 2000 agreement with Portugal reflected what researchers describe as the most cooperative phase in Russia-Portugal relations in the 1990s and early 2000s, when high-level visits were frequent, and both sides emphasized dialogue despite Portugal\u2019s NATO membership and broader alliance commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Worsening Relations with the West<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kremlin\u2019s decision marks another step in the deterioration of relations between Russia and Western countries. Russian authorities have accused NATO of encroaching on its borders and have partly blamed the alliance for the war in Ukraine without providing evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moscow\u2019s opposition to Ukraine\u2019s potential NATO membership was also a central element in the leaked 28-point US-Russian draft deal intended to end the war, which Kyiv and analysts say would leave open the possibility of future Russian aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest announcement follows a similar move in July, when Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin cancelled a 1996 military-technical cooperation agreement with Germany. At the time, the Foreign Ministry accused Berlin of an \u201copenly hostile policy\u201d and \u201cincreasingly aggressive militaristic aspirations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Portugal and France Support EU Plan on Frozen Russian Assets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move comes as Portugal and France express support for proposals by the European Commission to use frozen Russian assets to provide loans to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around $250 billion in Russian state assets remain immobilised in the European Union, most of them held at Euroclear in Belgium. EU officials have been debating how to use these funds to help Ukraine, which faces an estimated $65 billion budget shortfall over the next two years, according to the International Monetary Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine has depended on Western military and financial assistance since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Discussions on how to mobilize frozen assets continue as Kyiv seeks to maintain economic stability and secure long-term support from its allies.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Russian Servicemen line up by Yars intercontinental ballistic missile systems of the 54th Guards Rocket Division of the 27th Guards Missile Army of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces based in Teikovo, Ivanovo Region. (Image Credit: Vladimir Smirnov)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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