Minsk-Sana
The Minister of State for the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volvovich revealed that the NATO Air Force carried out flights equipped with cruise missiles, including aircraft equipped with nuclear warheads, near the Russian-Belarus border.
And the Belarusian “Belta” news agency quoted Volvovich as saying that “Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko drew attention to the intensification of flights carried out by American strategic bombers near the Russian and Belarusian borders,” noting that “this indicates that the Atlantic Air Force conducted exercises on the use of cruise missiles, including Including those that carry nuclear warheads.
Volvovich indicated that "30,000 soldiers have been deployed in areas in Poland and the Baltic states bordering Belarus, and more than 10,000 NATO soldiers are present on the territories of these countries," noting that "these actions by neighboring countries raise legitimate questions about the extent of compliance with the Vienna Document. 2011 and bilateral agreements on confidence and security building measures.
Volvovich warned that “the violation by neighboring countries of international norms and basic rules of good-neighbourly relations is already turning into an alarming trend” and that according to this situation Belarus is reacting appropriately to the latest developments.
The Belarusian official pointed out that "there is no region in the world that has not been spared the tension from NATO's practices," referring to the ongoing military buildup on neighboring lands.
NATO countries continue to inflame the situation around the Ukrainian crisis and spread allegations about the so-called Russian invasion of Ukraine to justify the expansion of its forces in Eastern Europe.
