MINSK, Feb. 7 Part of the employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus is planned to be armed for use in case of conflict or military actions on a par with the army, Sputnik reports. «Part of the employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus are planned to be armed, so that in the event of a conflict or hostilities, they can, among other things, be involved in military purposes on a par with the army. This issue is being discussed at a meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to improve structure of the system of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus,» writes Sputnik. the number of permanent armed forces is 200-300 thousand. We agreed that the number of our armed forces, our army — 65 thousand. We stopped there. But if there is any conflict, God forbid wars But what about us, in the Ministry of Emergency Situations, strong reliable employees will be on the sidelines? No. They will not only extinguish the fire,» the Belarusian president stressed. Lukashenka recalled that he had earlier ordered to determine which part of the employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations would be armed. «Who are these guys, the girls who serve there, who will carry firearms and be prepared exclusively in such a way as, I said, they showed themselves everywhere. I would like to hear how much progress we have made in this regard, so that the Ministry of Emergency Situations becomes a real power bloc, how many people we will own weapons no worse than in the army and the police,» Lukashenka said. Earlier, Lukashenka said that neither he nor anyone of the military leaders of the republic would not want war, but he noted that this does not mean that one should remain inactive, especially when there is an example of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War before one's eyes.
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