Finland's parliament has backed the country's withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention, which bans anti-personnel landmines, Bloomberg reports. During the voting, 157 lawmakers supported the withdrawal,

Finland this week became the latest country to withdraw from an international agreement that bans the use of antipersonnel mines, joining several fellow NATO allies in a move aimed at deterring Russian aggression.

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