{"id":171573,"date":"2026-01-14T12:18:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/171573\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarus-zimbabwe-agree-on-joint-combat-training","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/171573\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus, Zimbabwe agree on joint combat training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

January 14, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The defense ministries of Belarus and Zimbabwe agreed to conduct joint combat training under a new military cooperation agreement, says a document published on the National Legal Internet Portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The countries will expand ties in military education, collaboration on electronic warfare systems and operational and combat training of personnel, including joint classes, exercises, competitions, training programs and live-fire drills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The document also provides for visits by the defense ministers and their deputies as well as exchanges between working groups and experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian Defense Minister Viktar Chrenin signed the agreement with his Zimbabwean counterpart, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, on December 15 during his visit to Harare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zimbabwe plans to send a military attach\u00e9 to Belarus to help promptly organize events planned under a military cooperation agreement, the Belarusian defense ministry reported earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus in Europe, like Zimbabwe in Africa, \u201cis a rare islet of stability in the sea of conflicts and controversies, terrorism and cross-border crime,\u201d Chrenin said in December, identifying military training as a priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and Zimbabwe\u2019s President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed a strategic cooperation roadmap for 2026-2030 after their talks in Minsk in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian government intensified contacts with Zimbabwe in 2023, following \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s visit to Harare. There\u2019s no current data on bilateral trade. In 2022, it amounted to about $40 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zimbabwe\u2019s first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa visited Minsk twice in the last two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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