Belarus will not place Russian nuclear weapons directly on the borders with NATO countries, State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich said, BelTA informs.. He also believes that it will not come to its use..

“Belarus is all located near the western borders. This is the western outpost of the Union State. It is not necessary to place warheads near the borders of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Can be placed anywhere. The distance and length of Belarus is 600 km,” he said..

The official added that during the Soviet era, there were more than 43 points for deploying nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus.. Volfovich claims that they all survived.

At the same time, the Secretary of State did not name the timing of the delivery of weapons by Russia, nor the number of warheads..

" The main quality and their correct application,” he explained, adding that Belarus “knows how to apply them”.

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