Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu met his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin in Minsk. The main topic of the meeting was the discussion of the procedure for maintaining non-strategic nuclear weapons of the Russian Federation in Belarus.
Belarusian Defense Minister Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin and Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu held a bilateral meeting in Minsk. During the meeting, documents were signed defining the procedure for keeping Russian non-strategic nuclear weapons in a special storage facility on the territory of the Republic of Belarus
- reports the Ministry of Defense of Belarus.
According to the Russian Defense Minister, the control of nuclear weapons and the decision on their use rests with the Russian side. In turn, the Minister of Defense of Belarus stressed that the deployment of non-strategic nuclear weapons was a response to the aggressive policy of hostile countries.
Today, in the context of the ongoing aggressive attacks by representatives of the NATO military-political bloc and not only, our meeting is of particular importance and underlines the depth of bilateral cooperation in the military and military fields. -technical
says Viktor Khrenine.
The Russian Federation’s deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus in March this year was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Photos used: Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus
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