Defence Ministry to Guard against Information? :: Charter'97 :: News

Belarus and Russia are to resist potential menace by its combat capacities, Defence minister of Belarus General-colonel Leanid Maltsau believes. “Armed forces of our state in the union with the Armed Forces of Russia are to provide such a level of combat readiness and have such a combat might that no one would have a temptation to pressurize us,” he said addressing officers of military units of Hrodna military district. “For that end it is necessary for every serviceman to be aware of a personal responsibility for defence of Fatherland,” he added. L.Maltsau also said that “an informational war has been waged against Belarus”.

Defence Minister informed that in the result of reforms the optimal organizational structure of the Military forces has been defined, the courses of technical modernization of equipment and armaments, improvement of the system of military education and education of reserve experts of have been shaped”.

Thus, stated L. Maltsau, “main strategic lines of military building are defined, nailed down legally; only the work on their implementation is left”.