Belarus, Russia to continue joint military exercises, Putin: “We will not annex Minsk”

At the end of talks with the Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko the russian president Vladimir Putin he said Moscow and Minsk “will continue to hold constant military exercises”. “We agreed – explained the head of the Kremlin – to continue to take all necessary measures to guarantee the security of our two countries. We will give priority to troop training, increase their combat readiness… and we will continue regular joint exercises and other combat training and operational activities.”

The alliance between the two countries, therefore, remains solid, and it is not by chance that Lukashenko announced the sending of Missiles S-400 Iskanderdelivered direct from Russia and ready – when needed – to use.

The two countries have been allies for decades and, even on the occasion of the invasion of Ukraine, they collaborated actively both economically, politically and militarily: just over two months ago, in fact, Belarus announced the sending of a joint task force with Moscow troops deployed on the border with Ukraine and Poland, in the same areas where the Russian offensive had already begun last February.

🇧🇷Today’s interview was very productive”, declared Vladimir Putin at the conclusion of the summit, insisting that Russia has no interest in “absorbing” anyone and that they are unspecified “enemies” who want to prevent integration between Russia and Belarus. The Belarusian President added that “now the future of the peoples of Russia and Belarus is being decided”: “Today we can say unequivocally: together we are able not only to survive, but also to find opportunities for the development of our economies” .

Putin: “I maintain working relationships with many counterparts, including Macron”

“Together we resist the pressure of sanctions from hostile states, we try to isolate Russia and Belarus from global markets, we coordinate measures to minimize the impact of illegal restrictive measures on our countries’ economies. I must say that we are doing this quite safely and effectiveness ”, said Putin, explaining, however, that not all windows of dialogue with the West are closed: “I maintain working relationships with many counterparts, including Macron.”

Alexander Lukashenko echoed him in this regard: “Vladimir Putin and I often say that Russia and Belarus are open to dialogue with other countries, including European ones. I hope that Europeans will soon hear the voice of reason so that we can talk constructively about common security and the future world order”.