Antonov called the statement of the State Department on military cooperation between Russia and Belarus duplicitous

"U.S. officials have extremely short memories. It is Washington that has long and systematically destroyed the legal basis of bilateral relations in the strata sphere, "the Russian diplomatic mission quoted Antonov as saying.

He spoke about the words of the head of the press service of the US State Department, Vedant Patel, who said that Russia undermines "strategic stability in Europe."

The ambassador noted that Patel's words are a vivid example of the duplicity of American policy, as the United States supports the deployment of its nuclear weapons in Belgium, Italy, Germany, Turkey and the Netherlands.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that by July 1, a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons would be built on the territory of Belarus.

Ukraine has asked Britain, France, the United States and China to respond to Russia's plans to build a repository of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.