Russia may suggest placing antimissile defences in Belarus

Russia will not deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus, but may suggest deploying antimissile defences, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus Alexander Surikov told a press conference in Minsk on June 9. “We will not deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus and there is no sense in talking about it,” said Alexander Surikov when asked about possible countermeasures to the US’ possible deployment of antimissile defences in the Czech Republic and Poland. “We may talk about antimissile defences. Everything depends on the level of cooperation: the Union State is one thing, different countries are another,” said Alexander Surikov.