Finland's Parliament voted to exit the Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, citing national defence needs. The decision caused internal friction within the Social Democratic Party as several MPs abstained or were absent.

June 19, the Finnish parliament voted to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, which bans the use of anti-personnel mines, amid concerns about the

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland — have recently pulled out of the Ottawa Treaty or announced plans to do so. View on euronews