Moscow declares that any country that launches a military attack on Belarus will be considered an attack on Russia.
Moscow will consider any military attack on Belarus as an attack on Russia, Mikhail Babich, Russia's ambassador in Minsk, said.
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| Russian President Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko. Photo: Sputnik |
"We have a very important statement, to our Belarusian partners, and to those who are plotting an attack on Belarus. Any military attack on Belarus will be considered an attack on Russia with all the consequences," Babich said on the "Belarus 1" TV channel.
“In this situation, we have excellent mutual understanding with our Belarusian partners, we have a group of regional troops and forces, all the necessary components for defense and retaliatory strikes,” the ambassador said.
He also noted that "such a confrontation will not bring anything good"; at the same time, he also assured that Belarus is "fully protected" and "can be completely calm"
"We are a Union State. We have allied relations, a single military policy that guarantees absolute security for our citizens," the head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Belarus added.
The US is now planning to deploy a base near the western border of Belarus.
