Amnesty International is urging Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to “urgently reconsider” plans to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty, the international convention banning antipersonnel mines.

Poland and three Baltic states announced their intention to quit a treaty banning antipersonnel mines to give their forces a critical defensive edge amid a "fundamental" deterioration in their security due to Russia.

NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia plan to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel landmines due to the military threat from their neighbour Russia, the four countries said on Tuesday.