Russian Federation hands back Skrunda radar station to Latvia
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21 October 1999 (All day)
(OSCE)The OSCE regularly inspected the dismantling process of the Skrunda Radar Station in Latvia. Here, the front of an antenna building is removed of most technical equipment and weather protection in July 1998. The dismantling was completed in October 1999. (OSCE) Photo details
The Russian Federation formerly handed back control over the territory of the former radar station in Skrunda to Latvia. Two days earlier, a team of OSCE experts inspecting the site confirmed that work on dismantling the station had been completed.
In June 1994, Latvia and the Russian Federation requested that the CSCE provide assistance in the implementation of the Agreement on the Legal Status of the Skrunda Radar Station during its Temporary Operation and Dismantling, which took effect on 1 September 1994.
The team conducted inspections of the radar site twice a year. Under the terms of the Agreement, the station's dismantling was to be completed not later than 29 February 2000. During the five years since the Agreement took effect, the dismantling work proceeded without problems and was concluded well ahead of time.