On October 5 an arms control inspector takes part in a verification visit to a military visit in Moldova on behalf of the Republic of Lithuania as part of a Latvian-led inspection team. The Lithuanian-Latvian inspection team is visiting the 2nd Motorized Infantry Brigade headquartered in Kishinev.
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. The arms control inspectors will be able to receive information about the organization structure, number of personnel deployed in the units in the designated inspection area, their major weaponry and vehicle types and numbers, to familiarize with the daily activities carried out in the brigade, view pieces of major equipment and weaponry systems, talk to troops, tour infrastructure.
The arms control experts will report to other members of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Moldova’s compliance with provisions of the Vienna Document 2011 witnessed during the inspection.
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.
Earlier this year Lithuania’s arms control inspectors took part in an area inspection in Azerbaijan in composition of a U.S.-led team and carried inspection of a designated area in Finland.
