Head of the Second Department of the CIS countries of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alexei Polishchuk in an interview TASS He stated that Russia and Belarus daily constitute a single defense area of the State of the Union (SG).
According to Polishchuk, all important decisions in the military field are taken jointly by the Supreme State Council and the Council of Ministers of the Union State.
“Joint meetings of the administrative structures are held by the security councils, defense ministries and general staffs of the two countries. <…> The Border Committee of the State of the Union also serves. The work of these joint bodies, together with their mutual obligations in the event of external aggression, constitutes to a large extent the common defense area of the Union State.”
pre-Polishchuk spokeAny attempt to attack Belarus is doomed to failure. The Belarusian armed forces and the joint Russian-Belarusian territorial unit reliably protect the western borders of the Union State.