Minsk-SANA
The Belarusian Ministry of Defense announced today that Russia will supply advanced types of air defense systems to Belarus, among other weapons.
Russia Today quoted the ministry as saying in a statement, "The supply of these systems will be based on the cooperation plan for the period between 2021 and 2025, which the Belarusian military delegation signed with the Russian company (Almaz Ant) specialized in the manufacture of weapons."
The statement indicated that the delegation headed by Deputy Defense Minister Sergey Simonenko was briefed during its visit to Russia on the advanced types of weapons presented at the Military-Technical Forum (Army 2020). The delegation also met leaders of the Russian Federal Authority for Military-Technical Cooperation and representatives of Russian military factories.
The statement said ... that the two sides "signed a number of mutually beneficial contracts" for the supply, repair and maintenance of military equipment, foremost of which is the supply of two battalions of infantry transport vehicles and the first batch of 4 Mi-35M helicopters.