Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Krentin in an interview with Al Jazeera TV channel stated that the Russian military bases are not needed in the republic. The fragment is published in the Telegram channel of the military department.
Krentin asked, does not actualize the question of placing Russian military bases increased NATO activity at the boundaries of the Union State.
“Even the words of our president will answer. And why do we need them here? If we have an allied state, we have the concept of a regional grouping of troops, which includes the whole army of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus and part of the forces and funds from the Russian Federation, which It is quite, according to our calculations, enough, “said Khrenin.
he explained that, since Russia is “next to”, if necessary, all these forces will be in Belarus. Therefore, the Russian military bases are “really not needed,” the minister stressed.
“There will be no databases. But if you need, here, as the president said, there will be at least the whole Russian army. Because we do not want war, we do not want any problems, but for our land we will stand tightly “,” added Khrenin.
Earlier, President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, said that he would ask for the Russian colleague Vladimir Putin about military-technical assistance in resolving the migration crisis at the border.