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Belarus and Russia Update Military-Technical Pact as Moscow Names New Attaché in Minsk

The amended protocol modernizes mutual delivery procedures to reflect current geopolitical conditions.

Overview

  • Belarusian defense industry chief Dmitry Pantus and Russia’s FSVTS director Dmitry Shugaev signed a protocol on December 23 amending the December 10, 2009 cooperation agreement.
  • Belarus’s State Military-Industrial Committee said the changes update approaches to mutual deliveries of products under the pact given today’s geopolitical landscape.
  • The Belarusian Ministry of Defense accredited Russia’s new military attaché in Minsk, Lieutenant General Valery Afanasyev.
  • During the accreditation meeting, officials discussed military and military-technical cooperation and near-term events involving senior defense leadership.
  • The agenda included coordination through the Minsk Association of Military Attachés, underscoring active operational and diplomatic engagement.