President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that he agreed with Russian colleague Vladimir Putin on the supply of modern weapons. This is reported by the publication “Sat. Belarus Today.”
According to him, the decision to make this was taken as part of the cooperation of the military-industrial complex of the two countries. The conditions on which will be delivered will be determined in the near future.
At the same time, the politician added that the question of the permanent deployment of the Russian army on the territory of Belarus was not touched upon. “Because in our concept of military security of the Union State, there is no need for this yet,” said Lukashenko and noted that such proposals will be discussed only if the military situation exacerbates.
The next negotiations of Lukashenko and Putin took place in Sochi on Friday, May 28, and lasted a few days. In particular, the presidents agreed on the transfer of the second part of the tranche of $ 500 million for the State Credit, which Moscow provided Minsk in 2020, and also discussed air transportation and partnership in various fields.
All 2019 and the first half of the 2020th, before the election of the head of state that became the impetus for the beginning of mass protests, Lukashenko repeatedly stated the need to conduct multi-vector policies and build an independent country. He regularly complained about the “Imperial Spirits” of Russia, criticizing the project of integration within the framework of the Allied State.
Later he softened the rhetoric and proposed to deepen economic and military integration with Moscow, but from proposals to enter into Russia or to create new supranational authorities refused. “The world has changed so much that it would be just stupid to even work in this direction,” said Lukashenko.