On Friday, the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, talked a lot about the modernization of the army and, in particular, admitted that there was almost no one to rely on Minsk, if the unforeseen happened, even Moscow could not count on everything 100%. He made such a statement during his visit to a military training ground in the Ivatsevichi district of the Brest region, where he was shown new types of weapons and military equipment. "It’s not a fact that they will help us if something happens. Plenty of examples. We see the behavior of some allies here. Well, apart from Russia, we probably have no one to rely on.. And even in Russia, we can not rely 100 percent. Well, today (President Vladimir Putin) Putin and others, he understands us, I understand him. We work together somehow (and not always). And what will happen tomorrow?.

Therefore, it is necessary to have our most essential weapons — small arms; for mobile troops, equipment — that we can create. And modernize the equipment that we have ", - quotes the Daddy BelTA. The Belarusian leader recalled the current military conflicts, including those that are "close to us", as well as Syria. "Studying the situation, we already absolutely understand what the war will be, God forbid, how we should defend ourselves, what number of our armed forces should be. Everything is determined from life. And I set the task for us to start developing new types of weapons needed for the defense of Belarus.. And since the creation of a new one is very expensive and expensive, we had to make the most up-to-date from the old one ", - explained Lukashenko. In his opinion, today the most important for the country are special troops, which - if something suddenly happens - are obliged to “quickly appear at any point of Belarus, attack the bandits and those who dare to turn up and leave us”. Alexander Grigorievich believes that the main thing is maneuverability and speed.. "And for these troops - special operations forces and others - we had to create including new weapons.

But only that which is necessary ", - he specified. "We do not need aircraft carriers, we will not lead our aircraft to foreign shores. We are not going to fight far away.

We need to protect Belarus. And under this it is necessary to create the most modern army and the corresponding armament ", Lukashenka stressed. At the same time, the president acknowledged that in the modern history of the country, the authorities are trying for the fourth time to modernize the Armed Forces.