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.