Both leaders agreed to demobilize their armies and sign the peace treaty.
Recent Examples on the WebThe British Royal Navy demobilized its warships, decreasing its number of sailors from 49,860 in 1712 to 13,475 just two years later.—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024 The main contention with the legislation was a last-minute decision to remove a measure to allow troops to demobilize after 36 months.—Mallory Moench, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024 Soldiers serving for more than 36 months were originally slated to be allowed to demobilize and return home, but the provision was removed from a draft law following an intervention by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi, according to Ukrainian lawmakers.—Christian Edwards, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024 Liu Jie, the garrison’s commander, said the militia would assist the army in duties such as providing jobs to demobilized veterans or recruiting soldiers for the military.—Laura He, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024 The bill, for instance, leaves open the possibility of demobilizing troops after three years of service.—Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024 Zelensky has also asked the military and parliament to prepare a law to demobilize those who have been fighting for nearly two years.—Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024 More men are avoiding military service, while calls to demobilize exhausted frontline soldiers have grown.—Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024 The federal and state governments should give all militias that do not qualify as indigenous police a grace period to disarm and demobilize.—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2018
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