Lukashenka entrusted the Ministry of Defense to deploy Russian airbase in Belarus

During the presidential meeting Belarusan Ministry of Defense got the task to start implementation of the agreements signed with Russia in regard to air defense and air force.

According to BelTA, at the government session on the future development of the Belarusian army, Aliaksandr Lukashenka stated: “I want the Defense Ministry to get down to the practical implementation of the arrangements made with the Russian Federation concerning air force and air defense systems”. The President remarked that it has to be done “taking into account results of recent meetings with the Russian Defense Minister and our arrangements with President of Russia Vladimir Putin”.

Let us recall that the information about Russia’s plans to deploy an air regiment in Belarus was voiced by the head of the Russian Ministry of Defence during the meeting with the Belarusan President. The decision to deploy it in Lida, the city in western Belarus, got negative response from the Lithuanian military department.