On June 22-23 arms control inspectors of the Lithuanian Armed Forces will carry out an inspection of military activities in a designated area in Azerbaijan in composition of a U.S.-led inspection team. The visit takes place on the basis of Confidence and Security-building Measures of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Vienna Document 2011.
According to the data collected on the verification visit to a designated area, the inspection team will will report to other members of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on the compliance with the Vienna Document 2011 regulations witnessed during the inspection in Azerbaijan.
During the visit carried out under the Vienna Document 2011 regulations, the arms control inspectors will be able to receive information about the number of personnel deployed in the units in the designated inspection area, their major weaponry and vehicle types and numbers, to familiarize with the activities carried out at training areas and ranges, view pieces of major equipment and weaponry systems.
The OSCE Vienna Document 2011 commits its signatory countries to conduct information exchange on their manpower, planned capability development and defence budgets on an annual basis, and to notify other Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) countries in advance of scheduled military activities of significant scope. The states also commit to accept a designated number of inspections and evaluation visits by other member states’ military inspectors in military units in their territories.
Lithuania conducted an inspection of a designated area in Finland on the basis of the Vienna Document 2011 regulations on May 3–6.
