Amendments to Russia-Belarus security deal provide for joint force of any size – official
December 30, BPN. The recent amendments to the Russian-Belarusian regional security deal would allow the two nations to create a joint force of any size, Belarusian Security Council head Alaksandr Valfovič has said.
“The additions and amendments that were made to the current agreement in early December during the meeting of the two countries’ defense ministers allow for the creation of any adequate group of troops in terms of composition and size in the emerging situation,” he told Russian state-run website Sputnik.by.
On December 3, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktar Chrenin and his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu signed a protocol amending the 1997 agreement “on joint provision of regional security in the military sphere.” The amendments have not been published.
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