Lithuania notifies UN of withdrawal from landmine ban treaty

VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania has notified the United Nations it is leaving the treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, its foreign minister posted on X on Friday.

The country will no longer be bound by the treaty six months after the notification.

Parliaments of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Poland - all NATO and EU members bordering Russia - have approved withdrawal of their countries from the treaty, citing the increased military danger from their neighbour.

(Reporting by Andrius Sytas in Vilnius; editing by Diane Craft)