Russia-Belarus military-technical cooperation is effective, Alexander Surikov says

Russia and Belarus cooperate very effectively in the military and technical area, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus Alexander Surikov told a press conference in Minsk on February 6, BelTA reports.

“This work was crowned by the signing of an agreement to create the Belarus-Russia joint regional air defense system at the session of the Supreme State Council of the Union State on February 3 and an agreement on the CSTO regional force,” the Ambassador said.

The diplomat also noted that Belarus and Russia have similar approaches and positive dynamics to the issues of disarmament and nonproliferation on the international arena.