{"id":182094,"date":"2026-04-02T17:39:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182094\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:39:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:39:50","slug":"defense-minister-nato-continues-preparing-for-war","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182094\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense minister: NATO continues preparing for war"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

April 2, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>NATO continues its purposeful preparations for war, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktar Chrenin said at a meeting of the defense ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow on April 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bloc has expressed readiness to launch an armed confrontation in the next few years, Chrenin was quoted as saying by the Belarusian defense ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neighboring countries have increased their military spending fourfold or fivefold over the past decade and do not plan to stop, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chrenin warned that the CIS is facing a wide variety of challenges and threats amid rising military and political tensions around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chrenin lamented what he called the lack of response to Minsk\u2019s efforts to \u201cde-escalate tensions\u201d and proposals for the \u201cresumption of a balanced and mutually respectful dialogue on security problems.\u201d He accused neighboring Western countries of opting for military force as the sole means of advancing their geopolitical interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chrenin sounded alarm over the ongoing US-Israel war against Iran, predicting that it would eventually affect the CIS. He warned that the deployment of additional US troops in the region would prolong and deepen the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this reason, it is necessary to \u201censure maximum togetherness, develop joint military-purpose systems, expand the practice of promptly exchanging military information and conducting exercises and other multilateral events,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, Viktar Chrenin and other Belarusian officials have repeatedly accused NATO of preparing for aggressive war. The bloc says that it is building its military capabilities to defend itself from a possible attack by Russia, which is waging a war against Ukraine with Belarus\u2019 support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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