{"id":89920,"date":"2024-06-10T21:55:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T18:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/89920\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"african-military-delegation-visits-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/89920\/","title":{"rendered":"African military delegation visits Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 10, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> A delegation of the Zimbabwean Ministry of Defense and military university has arrived in Belarus for training, the Belarusian defense ministry reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group also includes trainees from Botswana, Nigeria, Tanzania and South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Valeryj Ravienka, head of Belarus’ international military cooperation department, the country welcomed representatives of the Zimbabwe National Defense University, including Rector Michael Tedzani Moyo and his students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have prepared a very good program for them, including briefings at the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” Ravienka said. “Next, we will acquaint them with the potential of our Armed Forces.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Representatives of five states, from colonel to brigadier general, are studying at this defense university. They will be able to inform their military commanders and governments about what they have seen on Belarusian soil,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the major general, the delegation will visit truck and tractor manufacturing facilities “to understand the industrial and military potential of Belarus.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian authorities intensified contacts with Zimbabwe in 2023, but there’s no current data on bilateral trade. In 2022, it amounted to about $40 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka visited the country from January 30 to February 1, 2023. In April, Zimbabwe\u2019s first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa paid a multi-day visit to Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During her stay, the two governments agreed to establish a joint commission on cooperation, which held its inaugural meeting in February this year in Harare. The Belarusian delegation was led by Foreign Minister Siarhiej Alejnik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interior and industry ministries have signed memoranda of cooperation, while the defense ministries on February 20 signed a joint action plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus reportedly sent over $390,000 in humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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