Civic authorities urged to follow cooperation principles of Belarusian, Russian military
MINSK, April 21 (BelTA) – Relations between the Belarusian and Russian ministries of defence are an example of cooperation that civic authorities of the two countries should follow, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he met with Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on April 21.
The head of state remarked: “I believe there are no big problems in cooperation between authorities in matters relating to the protection of our common Fatherland. We don’t have problems with implementing agreements”. All of them, primarily military and technical ones, will be rigorously fulfilled by Belarus, stressed Alexander Lukashenko.
“Moreover, I would like us to advance further in our military and military technical cooperation from the perspective of producing some defence systems and to more actively make science part of our projects,” stressed the President of Belarus. “We would like the potential of our economy to be in demand not only in Belarus but in Russia, too, just like in the Soviet times”. So far Belarus’ cooperation in this area is more vigorous with China and other countries than Russia, added Alexander Lukashenko. Yet he thanked the Russian side for tight cooperation with Belarusian specialists in military matters.
In turn, Anatoly Serdyukov praised the level of contacts between the Belarusian and Russian defence ministries.
