MINSK, 16 May (BelTA) - Belarus and Russia have made significant progress in military-technical cooperation and work on advanced military hardware, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov in Minsk on 16 May, BelTA has learned.
“As for military-technical cooperation, I am grateful to the Russian Federation for finding an opportunity in this difficult time to supply Belarus with the military hardware we have purchased. I mean aircraft, helicopters and so on,” said the head of state. “We are actively working on advanced weapons. You know it well. We are implementing the plan, which we discussed with Vladimir Putin, to deploy the most advanced defensive hardware here. Including the Oreshnik and so on. We have made significant progress here.”
“As for military-technical cooperation, I am grateful to the Russian Federation for finding an opportunity in this difficult time to supply Belarus with the military hardware we have purchased. I mean aircraft, helicopters and so on,” said the head of state. “We are actively working on advanced weapons. You know it well. We are implementing the plan, which we discussed with Vladimir Putin, to deploy the most advanced defensive hardware here. Including the Oreshnik and so on. We have made significant progress here.”
“We are going to discuss these issues today. Everyone should understand that we are not joking around here. We are not going to attack anyone. But if... We have to defend not only the historical truth, but also our land, our relatives, our loved ones, our families and our Fatherland. You can be sure of that. We are absolutely ready and will not let our Russian kin people down,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
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