Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that the West should not worry about the exercises of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) scheduled for September in the republic, the agency reported. “BelTA”.
“(They will say in the West), here, there (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and Lukashenko are again planning something in Belarus and are preparing an attack on Poland, almost the same unfortunate. Nothing is like that. There is no attack,” said the head of state.
According to him, “long-planned usual questions” will be solved during these exercises.
“So you and they don’t have to worry about this,” the Belarusian leader continued.
He also pointed out that the West should not consider the upcoming exercises as a special signal. According to the politician, he did not even go into the details of these maneuvers.
“Currently, there is no such combat component so as not to escalate the situation. Some CSTO countries will have small units that will work mainly on personnel issues, tactics and future strategies. Therefore, they all know, we warned them in advance,” added Lukashenka.
August 24 at the Ministry of Defense of Belarus reportedThe joint operational-strategic exercises of the CSTO countries “Fighting Fraternity-2023” will be held in the republic from September 1 to 6.
As stated in the military department, the exercises will be held at the training grounds and regions of the Brest, Grodno and Minsk regions.
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