Latvia, Belarus sign defense cooperation agreement


Andrey Raukou (L) and Raimonds Bergmanis (R)

Belarus Defense Minister Lieutenant General Andrey Raukou and his Latvian counterpart Raimonds Bergmanis have signed a defense cooperation agreement on December, 6, Belarusian military officials report.

During his three-day visit, Andrey Raukou met with Latvian Defense Minister Raimonds Bergmanis, Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics and discussed the prospects of bilateral cooperation in the field of defense, in particular in international security policies, airspace surveillance, arms control, activities planned in the framework of NATO’s Partnership for Peace program, military medicine, as well as environmental protection, cultural and sports activities in the armed forces.

The Belarusian delegation also attended military facilities including the National Armed Forces instructor’s school in the Latvian town of Cesis.

The visit’s outcome was the two ministers’ signing a defense cooperation agreement. The text of the agreement that will involve NATO member Latvia and Belarus will not be released, the ministry told LSM, saying that this was standard practice.

Joint Belarus-Russia military exercises have repeatedly raised concerns of Ukraine and EU member countries, particularly Baltic states and Poland.

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