The upcoming joint military exercises between Belarus and Russia are defensive. The countries do not intend to attack anyone. This was announced by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at the meeting with Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov.
"I want to say that we are ready for military exercises. We do not hide anything from anyone. We really openly show that these exercises are ours and are defensive.
We are not going to attack anyone, as some people think. We have decided to hold military exercises at the presidential level. We discussed this issue with Vladimir Putin, "Belta quotes Lukashenko as saying.
