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President: Belarus ready to take adequate measures in response to American missile shield in Europe

Belarus is ready to play its part in view of the possible deployment of an American missile defence system in Europe, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with a delegation of the Siberian Federal District today.

“Only together with Belarus Russia can find an adequate response to these deployments and Russian military know it”, stressed the head of state. He believes, “It is inadmissible. It is placed not near borders of the Russian Federation, but primarily our borders”.

“Even in this situation we could have kept silent, but we speak honestly it is our area of responsibility. We have created a single military taskforce and will fulfil our role as we should, as we promised”, stated Alexander Lukashenko.

In his words, today the Belarusian army can do a lot if aided by the Russian army. “It will be very hard for us to act alone”, said the President. Yet he underscored, “Without the Belarusian army Russia won’t do anything in the West, as there are no troops except for our army beyond Moscow”.

“We have created a single military taskforce, which counts for a lot, but everybody but the military fails to take it into account”, stated the President of Belarus.