Contents tagged with Belarus
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EU transferred equipment worth 2.2 million Euros to Ukraine to strengthen Belarusian-Ukrainian border
On Tuesday, the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine transferred technical equipment and transport vehicles, worth €2.2 million, to the country’s State Border Guard Service to aid in strengthening their border with Belarus.
According to the website of the State Border Guard Service, this technical assistance is part of the second phase of the SURCAP international project, which aims to strengthen the capacities of the border agencies of Ukraine and Belarus by protecting their common …
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Belarus is ready to take control over the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Donbas
Belarus is ready to take control over the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Donbas and organize local elections on the territories not controlled by Ukraine, as stated by the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, during a conversation with the media and bloggers from Russia, Tut.by reports.
"I spoke with Putin and told him that whatever the cost, we need to come up with something to begin the resolution process ... There will be no winners in this war. The longer the conflict lasts, the …
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Latvia plans to build a fence along the border with Belarus
Latvian authorities are planning to start the construction of a fence at the border with Belarus, modeled after the barrier erected at the border with Russia. This was reported by Delfi with reference to the head of the State Border Guard of Latvia, Normunds Garbars.
Garbars noted that the expenses are already built into the budget for the following year. "The project will be realized on the same principles", the news agency writes. According to it, the construction of the fence will begin no …
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Russia and Belarus to consider increased NATO activity
When conducting the West 2017 strategic exercises scheduled for September of next year, Russia and Belarus will take into account the increase in activity by NATO near the borders of the Union states [Belarus and Russia].
As Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu, who was in Minsk on a visit, specified, maneuvers will be carried out at several training sites in Russia and Belarus. “In developing scenarios and planning exercises, the situation related to increasing activities of NATO near the …
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Lukashenko: Russia relies on Belarusian customs authorities to protect its interests
In defending its interests in the west, Russia relies on the assistance of customs authorities in Belarus, as Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated during a working meeting with the chairman of the State Customs Committee of the Republic, Yuri Senko, BELTA reports.
“I’m interested in these worrisome facts. I want full information about the service we provide the Russian Federation (because only due to our customs is Russia able to defend its interests in the west and relies upon the …
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Lukashenko: Belarus will not tolerate pressure from Russia
At a meeting with State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Grigory Rapota on September 20, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko expressed his dissatisfaction with the decrease in Russian oil supplies because of the dispute between Minsk and Moscow on gas prices. The president of Belarus said that he instructed the government to optimize the country’s participation in the integration projects. “We are dragging our feet and already for several months cannot agree on the price …
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Media: Belarusian and Russian militaries are jamming mobile communications along border with Poland
Residents in the northeastern regions of Poland have begun to experience certain difficulties due to the proximity of Russian and Belarusian military units, as stated in a publication of Belarus Partisan.
Military communications used by the security forces of the Russian Federation and Belarus emit powerful signals. As a result, Polish cellular signals in the interference zone are suppressed, Rzeczpospolita asserts. In order to use their cellular phones, Poles are forced to buy sim cards from …
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Poland seeks to become mediator in pursuing closer relations between the EU and Belarus
Ryszard Terlecki, the Vice Speaker of the lower house of the Polish Parliament, said that Warsaw, to a certain extent, would like to be a mediator in pursuing closer relations between Belarus and the European Union, Radio Polsha reported.
Terlecki explained that due to the historical and cultural ties between Poland and Belarus, Warsaw would be able to fit the role of mediator quite naturally.
According to the Vice Speaker, Belarus is in an important geopolitical position, and the EU is …
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Belarus does not see the deployment of NATO troops in the Baltic States as a threat
The deployment of additional NATO troops into neighboring countries is not a direct threat to the security of Belarus, as stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, Vladimir Makei, after a meeting with the Latvian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Edgars Rinkēvičs, a Belarusian News Agency reports.
"As for the prospect of deploying new contingents of NATO troops into the Baltic States and Poland; of course, we do not welcome the deployment of additional military contingents within the …
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KGB investigates 138 Belarusians suspected of fighting in eastern Ukraine
The Chairman of Belarus' State Security Committee (KGB), Valery Vakulchik, stated that the KGB is investigating the activities of 138 Belarusian citizens who are thought to have been combatants in Ukraine's eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk.
He specified that there are people who are believed to be involved in the conflict in the Donbas and are fighting alongside both Ukrainian military forces and separatists of the self-proclaimed Republics.
According to Vakulchik, they will be charged …