{"id":44736,"date":"2022-12-01T21:54:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T18:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/minsk-touts-self-reliance-evasion-of-arms-race\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"minsk-touts-self-reliance-evasion-of-arms-race","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44736\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk touts self-reliance, evasion of \u201carms race\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>December 1, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Belarus should stand on its own two feet and avoid entering an \u201carms race,\u201d Defense Minister Viktar Chrenin has said, as quoted by \u0141uka\u0161enka-affiliated Telegram channel <span>Pul Pervogo<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe understand very well that if we get into an arms race now, as some states do, we can certainly cause trouble for our economy and cause certain social problems,\u201d he said following Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s meeting with defense officials in Minsk.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThat\u2019s why the principle of reasonable sufficiency, the first necessity, is the basis. And the head of state stressed that it should be our only guidance. There shouldn\u2019t be any excess, anything unnecessary. In this situation, we must primarily rely on our strength and readiness to defend our country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p> On October 15, the defense ministry in Minsk said that first trains carrying Russian troops as part of the joint regional group of forces arrived in Belarus. The regional group was formed to enhance Union State border security, it said. \u201cThis decision was dictated by ongoing activity in the border areas,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>On February 24, Russia launched a full-scale war against the Ukrainian people. The authorities in Minsk deny that Belarusian troops participate in hostilities. At the same time, the territory of Belarus was actively used by the Russians to attack Ukraine at the outset of the invasion and in later periods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 1, BPN. Belarus should stand on its own two feet and avoid entering an \u201carms race,\u201d Defense Minister Viktar Chrenin has said, as quoted by \u0141uka\u0161enka-affiliated Telegram channel Pul Pervogo. \u201cWe understand very well that if we get into an arms race now, as some states do, we can certainly cause trouble for our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44736","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>Minsk touts self-reliance, evasion of \u201carms race\u201d | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 1, BPN. 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