{"id":120691,"date":"2025-01-05T13:22:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T10:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120691\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"official-says-moscow-was-main-minsks-partner-in-defense-cooperation-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/120691\/","title":{"rendered":"Official says Moscow was main Minsk\u2019s partner in defense cooperation in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/voennye_obuchenie_rf_minoborony_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/voennye_obuchenie_rf_minoborony_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/voennye_obuchenie_rf_minoborony_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/voennye_obuchenie_rf_minoborony_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/voennye_obuchenie_rf_minoborony_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/voennye_obuchenie_rf_minoborony_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Belarusian servicemen departing for training in Russia, January 2024\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(mil.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 5, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The Belarusian Armed Forces held more than 700 international military cooperation events in 2024 with 43 percent of these involving Russia, said Valeryj Ravienka of the defense ministry&#8217;s international cooperation department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of events however fell short of the planned 802 announced one year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Belarus boosted ties with China, Cuba, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and several African countries, the official said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk and Moscow intensified military cooperation following the contested 2020 presidential election in Belarus, when the Kremlin supported Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The countries deepened their military alliance after Russia launched a full-scale war on Ukraine in 2022. Belarusian authorities supported the Kremlin, allowing Russian troops to attack Ukraine from Belarus on multiple occasions and supplying arms to the Kremlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, defense ministry repeatedly reported on the Belarusian servicemen training in Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One month ago, \u0141uka\u0161enka and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an interstate treaty on security guarantees. The deal provides for the use of Russian tactical nuclear weapons deployed in Belarus in response to a hypothetical attack on Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/takticheskoe_yadernoe_oruzhie_rossii._foto-_ministerstvo_oborony_rf-354x236.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/takticheskoe_yadernoe_oruzhie_rossii._foto-_ministerstvo_oborony_rf-354x236.jpeg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/takticheskoe_yadernoe_oruzhie_rossii._foto-_ministerstvo_oborony_rf-734x490.jpeg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/takticheskoe_yadernoe_oruzhie_rossii._foto-_ministerstvo_oborony_rf-178x118.jpeg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/takticheskoe_yadernoe_oruzhie_rossii._foto-_ministerstvo_oborony_rf-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/takticheskoe_yadernoe_oruzhie_rossii._foto-_ministerstvo_oborony_rf.jpeg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">US think tank: Russia moving to annex Belarus via Union State<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 7, Pozirk. The Kremlin continues to use the Union State of Belarus and Russia as a tool for the de facto annexation of Belarus and expansion of its military presence in the country, says a recent analysis by the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/117137\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 5, Pozirk. The Belarusian Armed Forces held more than 700 international military cooperation events in 2024 with 43 percent of these involving Russia, said Valeryj Ravienka of the defense ministry&#8217;s international cooperation department. The number of events however fell short of the planned 802 announced one year ago. 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