Belarus to strengthen defense

Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Publichenko said that the authorities decided to strengthen the country’s defense capability in the conditions of “economic aggression”, RIA Novosti reports.

“a difficult position in the world and the next attempts of aggression, so far the economic, make us concentrate on the problems of strengthening defense,” said Golzchenko at the opening of the arms exhibition in Minsk.

According to him, Belarus holds a peace-loving foreign policy course and has always called for “discharge” and creating a “new comprehensive European security system”. “We have always strived and confirm our desire to strengthen good mutually beneficial relations with all countries and nations,” said Golzchenko.

Premier previously stated that Belarus will not leave the new economic sanctions of the West unanswered.

June 21 became aware of the introduction of the fourth package of Sanctions of the European Union against Belarus. The new list was 78 physical and eight legal entities. Sanctions also introduced the United States, United Kingdom and Canada.

/Media reports.