Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko approved the premise for Belarus’ defense in the next five-year term (2026-2030) at a session of the Security Council on 12 December, BelTA has learned.
After the session Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said: “We presented the premise for the defense of our country to the head of state. Later on it will become the foundation of the defense decision and will allow the General Staff and all the government agencies, which participate in the development of this premise, to begin planning the defense of our state in case of aggression.”
In his words, the approved defense premise has been worked out by thoroughly analyzing events of 2020 and Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine. It also takes into account the implemented amendments to the National Security Concept and the Military Doctrine of Belarus.
“We will have to put more efforts into planning, determine the role and the place of every government agency and even explain the role of every citizen of our country in ensuring the defense of our state. It is routine work. There is nothing extraordinary about it. We proceed from the premise that we have no aggressive plans regarding other states. Our goal is to enable conditions preventing a military aggression and the involvement of our country in wars. And if it happens, we have to give a reliable counterpunch,” the defense minister stressed.