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Lukashenko agreed to allow the deployment of Russian military aircraft in the country for general use, according to the website of the head of state.
The authoritarian Belarusian leader recalled that during the 2014 World Hockey Championships, there were Russian planes in the country patrolling together with the Belarusian Air Force, reports rbc.ru.
According to Lukashenko, both countries could continue to use this practice in the future.
Give us those planes. However, as then, the Russians and Belarusians must fly with them. There are enough bases, there is no need to build new ones, spend money unnecessarily … It is better to buy or produce new aircraft, “he said during a meeting on military cooperation between Belarus and Russia on Tuesday.
According to Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin has not “rejected” the proposal.
“Of course, if the Russian planes can be based at our bases and our men fly with the Russians, then obviously weapons should also be requested for those planes,” the president noted, adding that there was no talk of nuclear warheads. . . – We are talking about conventional weapons. This area was probably the most discussed during the negotiations. [įvyko vasario 22 d. Sočyje]. “
Lukashenko complained that NATO planes had “stalled”.
“Just a couple of weeks ago, NATO planes flew directly to our border. And what did we have to do? We took a new Su-30 into the air and flew to meet them. He ran 100 kilometers away, the Belarusian president said. “It follows that we are constantly upset and we will have to react.”
Belarus wants to use the remaining part of Russia’s state loan for the construction of the Astrava nuclear power plant, including the purchase of military aircraft from Russia, Lukashenko said.
“I remember the promise of the Russian president. The only thing I said (in a meeting with Vladimir Putin on February 22 – ed.): If it did not burden the Russian economy, we would use the rest of this loan, even for military purposes. Perhaps, the purchase of more modern aircraft and equipment. There was no rejection, “Lukashenko said on Tuesday.
As already announced, 10 billion of this has been earmarked in 2011. The $ 3 billion loan remained unused at around $ 3 billion. Dollars.
According to A. Lukashenko, part of the financing for the construction of the Astrava nuclear power plant was saved due to lower construction service costs and convenient component delivery logistics compared to the construction of Russian nuclear power plants in other countries.
“It just came to our attention then. This is how the problem arose (due to the granting of a $ 3 billion loan to Belarus – ed.),” Lukashenko explained.
At the same time, he stressed that this issue was not discussed in detail in his last meeting with Putin.
Before Lukashenko’s trip to Sochi, the Russian newspaper Kommersant announced that Minsk would ask the Kremlin to provide more than $ 3 billion. Loan in USD.
The Belarusian military is so closely integrated with Russia that the country’s armed forces can be called a district of Russia, the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service said in an annual report.
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