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BELGIUM 🇧🇪 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs addressed the concern about Ukraine’s use of antipersonnel mines that were supplied by the U.S. The country reiterated its full support to the Ottawa Convention, banning these weapons and urges all States to comply with the Convention."The U.S. decision to provide Ukraine with antipersonnel land minesexpands the use of a weapon that the international community has long condemned because of its danger to innocent civilians. And it reflects another in a long line of American policy shifts on the controversial issue in the past 30 years.U.S. officials say the mines are needed to help Ukraine stall Russian progress on the battlefield, where Moscow’s forces are moving in smaller ground units on the front lines rather than in more heavily protected armored vehicles." (AP)