Belarus: We asked Moscow for guarantees regarding our security in the event of aggression Belarus: We asked Moscow for guarantees regarding our security in the event of aggression

Belarus: We asked Moscow for guarantees regarding our security in the event of aggression

Belarus: We asked Moscow for guarantees regarding our security in the event of aggression Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said, during a meeting he held with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, that his country needs guarantees from Moscow to defend it if it is subjected to external aggression as it defends its lands, pointing out that the protection of the Russian Federation for his country as its own land was discussed.  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced on Monday that his country needs guarantees from Moscow to defend it in the event of external aggression, just as it defends its lands.  This came during a meeting that Lukashenko held with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, in Minsk, where the latter arrived to discuss the issue of ensuring security in the countries of the Russian-Belarusian Federation, in follow-up to the recent agreements reached by the presidents of the two countries.  The Belarusian leader said that Western countries do not abide by the security guarantee agreements, which were given in the framework of the Budapest Memorandum in exchange for the withdrawal of nuclear weapons, according to the Belarusian news agency "Belta".  He continued, "I am talking about the period that followed 1994, the famous Budapest Memorandum, when all Western powers and Russia swore to provide full security for Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus. Western countries trampled all these treaties, agreements and statements, and there is no security."  He referred to economic security among other things, asking, "What kind of economic security is there if they impose sanctions on us?"  And he went on: "I raised this issue in my conversations with the Russian President (Vladimir Putin). He fully supported me and said that we need to review all our treaties and agreements regarding Belarus and Russia, to see which legal act of a common nature between countries should be adopted now to ensure the full security of Belarus."  And he continued, "In general, it was said in the talks that in the event of aggression against Belarus, the Russian Federation protects it as its own territory."  "We need such (security) guarantees," the president said.  The meeting between Lukashenko and Shoigu also addressed the issue of strengthening coordination within the Belarusian-Russian group of forces.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said, during a meeting he held with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, that his country needs guarantees from Moscow to defend it if it is subjected to external aggression as it defends its lands, pointing out that the protection of the Russian Federation for his country as its own land was discussed.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced on Monday that his country needs guarantees from Moscow to defend it in the event of external aggression, just as it defends its lands.

This came during a meeting that Lukashenko held with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, in Minsk, where the latter arrived to discuss the issue of ensuring security in the countries of the Russian-Belarusian Federation, in follow-up to the recent agreements reached by the presidents of the two countries.

The Belarusian leader said that Western countries do not abide by the security guarantee agreements, which were given in the framework of the Budapest Memorandum in exchange for the withdrawal of nuclear weapons, according to the Belarusian news agency "Belta".

He continued, "I am talking about the period that followed 1994, the famous Budapest Memorandum, when all Western powers and Russia swore to provide full security for Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus. Western countries trampled all these treaties, agreements and statements, and there is no security."

He referred to economic security among other things, asking, "What kind of economic security is there if they impose sanctions on us?"

And he went on: "I raised this issue in my conversations with the Russian President (Vladimir Putin). He fully supported me and said that we need to review all our treaties and agreements regarding Belarus and Russia, to see which legal act of a common nature between countries should be adopted now to ensure the full security of Belarus."

And he continued, "In general, it was said in the talks that in the event of aggression against Belarus, the Russian Federation protects it as its own territory."

"We need such (security) guarantees," the president said.

The meeting between Lukashenko and Shoigu also addressed the issue of strengthening coordination within the Belarusian-Russian group of forces.

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