Slovakia completes destruction of cluster munition stockpiles

The Slovak Ministry of Defense reported that the republic has eliminated stockpiles of cluster munitions. The ammunition was completely destroyed before September 1, Report informs.

Slovakia has thus fulfilled its obligations arising from the International Convention on Cluster Munitions. Their destruction has been carried out over the past 10 years. According to the Ministry of Defense, about hundreds of thousands of air bombs and artillery shells were destroyed.

“The priority for Slovakia was to fulfill the commitments made 10 years ago to destroy cluster munitions,” Jan Mozola, director general of the Defense Policy Division of the Slovak Defense Ministry, told reporters.