Is it time for UK to rethink policy on anti-personnel landmines?
291With the war in Ukraine changing the European security landscape, there are calls for the UK to change its policy that limits the use of landmines by the armed forces.
The Ottawa Treaty aimed to eliminate anti-personnel landmines (APLs) and ban the stockpiling and transfer of them between governments.
But there are calls for the UK to pull out of the treaty, with former Defence Secretary Sir Ben Wallace backing calls by think tank Policy Exchange to abandon the agreement.
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