Go to mediabankRussian-Belarusian exercises. Archival photoNEW YORK, September 26, by Alan Bulkaty. Moscow and Minsk will be ready to take the most decisive steps to ensure their security in the event of a direct threat from the West and if the situation so requires, said in an interview with RIA News Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei. Answering the question of whether it is possible to deploy Russian nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus in the event of a direct threat from the West to Moscow and Minsk, Makei said: «I cannot say now, I cannot take on such responsibility. But I know that these issues were discussed by our leaders and through the defense ministries.» «And I think that if the situation so requires, our countries will be ready to take the most decisive steps to ensure reliable security for our countries, for of our peoples,» he stressed. in Belarus
