This was reported by BelTA.

It is noted that the President of Belarus received with a report Secretary of the Security Council Andrei Ravkov, Minister of Defense Viktor Khrenin and chief of the main intelligence department - deputy chief of the General Staff of the armed forces Pavel Tikhonov.

“I would not want this to be perceived as a rattling of weapons on our part. Today, we don’t perceive the NATO exercises, which are held in close proximity to our borders, ”said Lukashenko.

He specified that after “intelligence reports the situation”, further steps will be taken to respond to what is happening near the borders of Belarus.

On March 9, it was reported that Belarusian troops are watching the exercises of NATO members and partner countries in Norway Cold Response 2020.