“Those agreements that the two presidents reach in the field of our military-technical, military, defense cooperation are very, very timely in terms of readiness for any development of events,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
Lavrov noted that Moscow and Minsk are making joint efforts to "secure themselves from possible encroachments of Western neighbors."
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Belarus informed about the start of the tactical flight exercises of the Union State.
During the exercises, it is planned to work out conducting aerial reconnaissance, joint patrolling of the airspace along the border and air support for groupings of troops.
On January 19, the air units of Russia and Belarus began to perform tasks as part of the exercises of the regional grouping of forces.