Belarus claims it’s ready to resume cooperation for arms control

"EUROPEAN PRAVDA" – MONDAY, 20 JUNE 2022, 11:13

The Ministry of Defence of Belarus claims Belarus is ready to re-establish international cooperation for arms control.

According to "European Pravda", this claim was posted on the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Defence.

"From 20 June the Republic of Belarus re-establishes its verification activity within the framework of valid treaties in the arms control sector. All the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) member states were informed about it today. All decisions concerning foreign inspection activities on the territory of Belarus will be made following the principle of parity," adds the Ministry of Defence.

Background: On 7 June the Ministry of Defence of Belarus declared a start of training for "transition from peacetime to wartime". According to the latest reports, the training has been prolonged until 25 June.

In June the self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko claimed multiple times that the West "tries to draw Belarus into the war with Ukraine", and that Belorussian troops may have to fight for the Western Ukraine for it to not be "annexed by the West."

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