{"id":44340,"date":"2022-11-02T20:08:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T17:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/russian-defense-minister-calls-belarus-loyal-reliable\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"russian-defense-minister-calls-belarus-loyal-reliable","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44340\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian defense minister calls Belarus loyal, reliable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>November 2, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> Belarus has been and remains \u201cRussia\u2019s closest neighbor, loyal ally and reliable partner,\u201d Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told the joint board of the the two countries\u2019 defense offices on November 2.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThis is especially important today, when tensions are rapidly increasing in the world, the foundations of strategic stability are being destroyed, the role of international institutions is decreasing and the confrontation between the West and Russia is growing,\u201d Shoigu said, as quoted by the Russian defense ministry\u2019s press office.<\/p>\n<p> In his opinion, the current situation is \u201cprimarily beneficial for the United States,\u201d which seeks to use it to \u201cmaintain global leadership and weaken other countries as much as possible, including its own allies in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Shoigu said NATO\u2019s new strategic concept calls Russia \u201cthe main source of security threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIn this regard, the alliance intends to move from containing Russia through a forward presence to creating a full-scale collective defense system on the eastern flank, near our borders,\u201d the Russian defense minister said.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cOur allies, primarily the fraternal Republic of Belarus, would also be targeted,\u201d he added. Therefore, Shoigu concluded, Moscow considers \u201censuring the military security of the Union State\u201d a priority task.<\/p>\n<p> On October 31, Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka signed an edict authorizing officials to negotiate a draft agreement&nbsp;with Russia on&nbsp;joint combat training centers in Belarus. Russia has been transferring troops to Belarus since October 15 to form a joint regional group of forces.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to deploy the group was made in connection with \u201cthe aggravation on the western borders of the Union State,\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 2, BPN. Belarus has been and remains \u201cRussia\u2019s closest neighbor, loyal ally and reliable partner,\u201d Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told the joint board of the the two countries\u2019 defense offices on November 2. \u201cThis is especially important today, when tensions are rapidly increasing in the world, the foundations of strategic stability are being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44340","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russian defense minister calls Belarus loyal, reliable | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 2, BPN. 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