Head of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus about hysteria about the doctrine "West-2017"
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Earlier, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said that Russia in the course of this exercise "will demonstrate preparation for war with the West."
He recalled that by decision of the presidents of the Russian Federation and Belarus, the exercise "West" is held once in 2, alternately in both countries. “Russia is a strategic ally, with which Belarus is building a common defense space, and the upcoming maneuvers are one of the forms of preparation of the united group,” the minister said.
He called the military cooperation of the parties "one of the drivers of the development of relations between the two countries" and noted that it is "in this area that level of cooperation that should be between the fraternal peoples" has been achieved.
According to Ravkov, “the plan of the exercises, the areas of their conduct, all movements of troops are developed and agreed with the Belarusian side.”
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