Belarus and Russia have signed an interstate agreement on security guarantees in the Union State. The document was inked by Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin at the Supreme State Council meeting in Minsk on December 6, Report informs via BelTA.
“This agreement will firmly protect the security of Russia and Belarus and create conditions for the further peaceful and sustainable development of our states,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the Supreme State Council meeting.
He went on saying that the agreement lays out mutual obligations to defend, protect the sovereignty, independence and constitutional order of Russia and Belarus, the integrity and inviolability of the territories and the external border of the Union State using all available forces and means.
“This also implies the use of Russian tactical nuclear weapons located on the territory of Belarus at the request of the president of Belarus,” the Russian leader emphasized.
“We have to pay special attention to the defense capabilities of our states. The signing of the Union State Security Concept and the interstate agreement on security guarantees brings us to an unprecedented level of strategic alliance and coordination of actions in the military sphere,” Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized at the Supreme State Council meeting.
