Belarus-Russia agreement on combat training centers for military personnel ratified

    Belarus has ratified an agreement with Russia on creating and operating combat training centers for the joint training of military personnel of the armed forces. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed the relevant law.

    The agreement regulates matters concerning the creation and operation of combat training centers on the basis of army units in Belarus and Russia. It determines their main tasks and how the defense ministries are supposed to interact in the course of organizing comprehensive support for these centers.