CSTO Secretary General Stanislav ZasMINSK, January 30 CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said that the joint Russian -Belarusian exercises «Allied Resolve» is an internal affair of Russia and Belarus. The verification of the forces of the Union State will take place in two stages. At the first stage (until February 9), groupings of troops on the territory of Belarus will be redeployed and created. At the second stage (February 10-20), joint exercises «Allied Resolve-2022» will be held, within the framework of which issues of suppressing and repelling external aggression, as well as countering terrorism and protecting the interests of the Union State will be worked out. «The exercises that will now begin on the territory Belarus, they have a purely defensive character. Is it worth paying attention to any assessments that are made? Well, of course, this is an internal affair of Belarus and Russia, which conduct these exercises on their territory,» Zas said on the STV channel. in his opinion, it is necessary to take into account «the alertness, fears that sound there in space,» and add openness within the framework of the exercises. Zas.
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