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2 February 2012
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Joint Staff Training of Missile Troops and Artillery Directorate
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On 1-2 February, the missile troops and artillery directorate, Belarusian General Staff, conducted joint staff training.
The aim of the training is to improve the command and control skills of the missile troops and artillery officials.
The participants of the training practiced the employment of the missile troops and artillery, the main attention being paid to its qualitative planning, as well as sustainable management of troops.
Every training stage included a package of measures, intended to provide command and control points' and units' survival during advance and deployment under enemy active surveillance and reconnaissance.
During the joint staff training, a qualitative approach to issues concerning interoperability with other troops and military units has been achieved.
The training's results have proved high professional level of officials of missile troops and artillery command and control bodies.
All the training's objectives have been achieved in full.
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Field Training
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On 2 February, the 308th independent missile artillery battalion of the 465th missile brigade started its field training under the plan of the Armed Forces' training.
The main aim of the training is to improve command and control skills of commanders, as well as personnel's skills in accomplishing the service tasks.
This field training will end in a tactical-special exercise.
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31 January 2012
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Scheduled Rotation
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On 23 January, a Belarusian service member Lt. Col. Yuri Maly left for Lebanon within the framework of the scheduled personnel rotation of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon.
The Belarusian service member will serve as a staff officer in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon and will be responsible for maintaining liaison between the mission command and high-ranking officers of the Lebanese armed forces, as well as for organising and holding relevant meetings.
As a full member of the world community, Belarus makes its contribution to the maintenance of international peace and security, including participation in peacekeeping operations under the aegis of the UN and other international organisations.
In 2009, a decision was made on Belarus joining in UN peacekeeping activities.
On 2 August 2010, the Belarusian President signed Decree No.400 on the participation of Belarusian service members in the peacekeeping activities in Lebanon.
For the moment there are three Belarusian representatives in Lebanon: two military doctors and one officer of the mission's staff.
Specialists of the military medical service of the Belarusian Armed Forces (a surgeon and an anesthesiologist) accomplish their tasks in the military hospital of the Indian Armed Forces, rendering medical assistance to both the UN peacekeepers and local population.
Last year the UN Secretariat proposed Belarus to appoint its service member to the position of a liaison officer in the newly formed UN Mission in South Sudan. At the moment the officer is passing training to participate in the mission.
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Representative of the International Red Cross Committee to Visit Belarus
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On 1-3 February, Oleg Bondarenko, representative of the Delegation of the International Red Cross Committee in Russia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine, is to visit Belarus under the international military cooperation action plan for 2012.
Colonel of Justice Erik Chislov, chief of the Belarus Defence Ministry's judicial directorate, will meet with the representative of the Red Cross Committee.
Under the programme of the visit, the representative of the Red Cross Delegation, chief of the programme for cooperation with armed forces, will take part in the round table dedicated to the integration of international humanitarian law into the military training system. Oleg Bondarenko will also lecture to the officers of the Belarusian Defence Ministry, service members of the Belarusian Military Academy and the 72nd unified training center for NCOs and junior specialists. These lectures will be dedicated to the observance of international humanitarian law during military training and combat operations, as well as enforcement of international humanitarian law during armed conflicts.
In the course of the visit the parties will sign an action plan of cooperation between the Belarusian Defence Ministry and the Delegation of the International Red Cross Committee for 2012.
Founded in 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) conducts its activities all over the world, rendering humanitarian assistance to the victims of conflicts and armed violence, as well as spreading knowledge about the laws protecting the victims of war. Being an independent and neutral organisation, the committee has a mandate stipulated by the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
ICRC is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and has about 12,000 employees in 80 countries. The committee is mainly financed through voluntary contributions of governments and national societies of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.
ICRC conducts its activities on the basis of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, Additional Protocols to them, its Statute and the Statute of the International Movement of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, as well as resolutions of the International Conferences of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.
The International Movement of the Red Cross and Red Crescent is aimed at preventing and soothing human sufferings during military operations and emergency situations, for example, in case of epidemics, floods and earthquakes.
This movement includes the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and 186 national societies. Every component of the movement has its own legal status and accomplishes its own tasks, but their activities are united by seven basic principles such as humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntariness, unity and universality. Every component of the movement is dedicated to respecting and upholding these principles.
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Crime Rate in Belarusian Armed Forces Keeps Reducing
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On 30 January, Minsk hosted a regular session of the Collegium of the Belarusian Defence Ministry under the direction of Belarusian Defence Minister Lt. Gen. Yuri Zhadobin.
The participants of the session considered the results of the work aimed at strengthening military discipline in the Armed Forces in 2011 and the tasks connected with the further strengthening of law and order in the Armed Forces in 2012.
They also marked the considerable reduction of crime rate in military units. Last year the number of crimes committed by service members reduced by 22% in comparison with 2010 (in 2010 this number was 14%).
The crime rate reduced in almost all categories of offences.
The number of crimes committed during the accomplishment of service tasks by service members has reduced by 23% and the number of military crimes - by 33%.
The crime factor for 1,000 people in 2011 was 2.2. It is the lowest crime rate in the history of the Belarusian Armed Forces. In 1994 the crime factor was 10.9, in 2004 it was 6.0 and in 2007 - 4.2. As a comparison, in the US Army in 2007 there were 9 deserters per 1,000 service members.
Nevertheless, the range of negative events does not give cause for self-complacence even though we have achieved a radical crime reduction.
In this connection the Collegium decreed that in 2012 the main efforts will be focused on further increase of the efficiency of work aimed at providing secure service conditions, conserving life and health of service members and preventing offences.
Great attention will be paid to comprehensive study and support of the newly arrived enlisted service members in their day-to-day activities, their social and psychological adaptation to military service, organisation of internal service in vehicle parks and ensuring safe operation and maintenance of armament and military equipment.
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24 January 2012
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Belarusian Inspectors Visiting Polish Armed Forces
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On 24-26 January 2012, a Belarusian inspection group is paying an evaluation visit to a military unit of the Polish armed forces under the 2011 Vienna Document on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures.
The aim of the visit is to evaluate the information, presented by Poland to the OSCE states parties under the 2011 Vienna Document regarding the personnel and main materiel of the unit.
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19 January 2012
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Training Session
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On 19-20 January, the National Agency for Control and Inspections, Belarusian Defence Ministry, is hosting a training session with the officers of the Air Force and Air Defence, operational (operational-tactical) commands, military units and organisations of the Defence Ministry, responsible for implementing international arms control treaties.
The main goals of the session are to sum up the activities aimed at supporting the work of foreign inspectors in Belarus in 2011 and to set tasks for 2012.
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18 January 2012
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Main Results of Belarusian Arms Control Activities in 2011
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In 2011 Belarus conducted its inspection activities in the sphere of conventional arms control within the framework of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), 1999 Vienna Document of the Negotiations on Confidence and Security-Building Measures, Open Skies Treaty and bilateral agreements on the additional regional measures of confidence and security with Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine. During the mutual inspections and visits the inspectors checked information presented by the CFE and 1999 Vienna Document states parties regarding the military units of the armed forces.
In the course of the year Belarusian escort groups, trained by the National Agency for Control and Inspections, Belarusian Defence Ministry, received 28 inspections, visits and observation flights of the states parties of international arms control treaties.
The passive quota of inspections and visits to Belarus was fully used by the states parties of international treaties in 2011.
All the foreign inspection groups were multinational and included from one to five invited inspectors from other NATO and OSCE states parties.
Belarus carried out all its international obligations connected with the CFE, 1999 Vienna Document, agreements on regional measures of confidence and security and Open Skies Treaty. The authors of the reports on implementing control measures on the territory of Belarus under the 1999 Vienna Document and agreements on regional measures of confidence and security, sent to all the OSCE states parties, noted the fulfillment of all the specified confidence and security measures by Belarus, openness, transparency and good training of service members in the visited military units, as well as professionalism of the escort.
On 18-21 April, the representatives of the OSCE states parties conducted their visits to the 61st fighter airbase in Baranovichi and 11th independent mobile brigade in Slonim under the 1999 Vienna Document, which was an important arms control event in Belarus in 2011.
These visits were highly appreciated by the representatives of 27 OSCE states parties, which had accepted Belarusian invitation and taken part in the visits.
In 2011 Belarusian inspection groups, trained by the National Agency for Control and Inspections, conducted twenty six inspections and visits:
nine inspections of specified areas within the framework of CFE, in the course of which the inspectors verified objects of control in the armed forces of Germany (2), Denmark (2), Poland (2), France (2) and the Czech Republic (1);
seven inspections of specified areas in Bulgaria, Germany, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania within the framework of the 1999 Vienna Document, as well as four evaluation visits of the military units of the Polish, US (in Germany), French and Estonian armed forces;
two inspections of specified areas in Poland and Ukraine and four evaluation visits of the military units of the Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish and Ukrainian armed forces within the framework of the agreements on regional measures of confidence and security.
Besides, Belarusian inspectors also took part in 12 inspections and observation flights on the invitation of verification centres in Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine within the framework of the CFE, 1999 Vienna Document and Open Skies Treaty.
In the course of foreign inspection activities, Belarus confirmed that the inspected states parties had fulfilled their obligations on international arms control treaties.
In 2011 Belarusian service members also took part in twelve activities on the invitation of Greece, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine, which conducted visits to airbases and military objects, demonstrations of new types of main materiel systems, as well as large-scale military activities.
The National Agency for Control and Inspections took active part in considering international arms control treaties in 2011 within the framework of the sittings and sessions of consultative bodies in Vienna (Austria), including those of the Joint Consultative Group (on CFE), OSCE Forum on Security Cooperation (on 1999 Vienna Document and OSCE Document on Light and Small Arms) and Consultative Commission on the Open Skies (on the Open Skies Treaty).
The representatives of the National Agency for Control and Inspections also took part in a number of other activities, including the 4th Review Conference of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, Annual Meeting for Implementation Review of the 1999 Vienna Document, OSCE Annual Security Review Conference, as well as Annual Meeting of the Chiefs of the OSCE Verification Centres.
Besides, the parties conducted four bilateral working meetings, dedicated to the evaluation of the implementation of agreements on regional measures of confidence and security with Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine, three sittings of the Joint Consultative Group of the Belarusian and Russian Defence Ministries on Arms Control, as well as two working meetings of the representatives of the Belarusian Armed Forces with the representatives of Kazakh and French armed forces, dedicated to bilateral arms control cooperation.
In 2011 Belarus fulfilled all its international obligations in the sphere of arms control.
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6 January 2012
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Belarusian Inspection Group to Visit a Military Unit in Germany
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On 10-12 January 2012, a Belarusian inspection group is to conduct an evaluation visit to a military unit of the German armed forces under the 2011 Vienna Document on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures.
The aim of the visit is to verify the information, presented by Germany to the OSCE member states under the 2011 Vienna Document, regarding the unit's personnel and materiel.
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13 December 2011
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Press-Tour of Lithuanian Mass Media Representatives
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On 13-15 December, the representatives of Lithuanian military mass media are conducting a press-tour around the objects of the Belarusian Armed Forces.
In the course of the press-tour the journalists will familiarise themselves with the training facilities, equipment and training process in the Belarusian Military Academy and at the military department of the Belarusian State University, organisation of combat training in the 2nd engineer brigade, as well as visit the Vayar information agency of the Belarusian Armed Forces and VoyenTV television company of the Belarusian Defence Ministry.
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Meeting of Chiefs of OSCE Verification Centres
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On 14-15 December 2011, Vienna is to host an annual meeting of the chiefs of the OSCE verification centres. The Belarusian Defence Ministry will be represented by Col. Oleg Gorbach, chief of the National Agency for Control and Inspections, Belarusian Defence Ministry.
The participants of the meeting will discuss implementing international arms control treaties in the OSCE region in 2011 and updating the provisions of the 1999 Vienna Document.
Besides, they will consider planning activities of cooperation between the verification centres in 2012.
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1 December 2011
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Working Meeting
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On 6-8 December, Minsk is to host a working meeting between representatives of the Belarusian and Polish armed forces, dedicated to the accomplishment of the Agreement on Additional Confidence- and Security-Building Measures to the 1999 Vienna Document.
A group of experts from the Polish defence ministry, headed by Col. Robert Cepko, will arrive in Minsk to participate in this meeting.
The Belarusian delegation will be headed by Col. Oleg Gorbach, chief of the National Agency for Control and Inspections, Belarusian Defence Ministry.
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28 November 2011
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Canadian Inspection Group to Visit Belarus
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On 28 November - 1 December, a Canadian inspection group is to visit Belarus under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE).
The inspectors will verify a military unit of the Belarusian Armed Forces (at their option), which is subject to control under CFE.
The aim of the inspection is to verify the correspondence of provided information, regarding the unit's armament and equipment.
Besides five military inspectors from Canada, the group will include one inspector from Hungary, Germany, Slovakia, the UK and USA each.
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Joint Advisory Group Session
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On 30 November - 2 December, Moscow is to host a session of the Joint Advisory Group for Arms Control.
The participants of the session will harmonise their positions and joint actions in the implementation of international treaties on arms control.
The Belarusian delegation will be headed by Col. Oleg Gorbach, chief of the National Agency for Control and Inspections, Belarusian Defence Ministry.
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21 November 2011
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Tajik Defence Minister Visiting Belarus
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On 20 November, Tajik Defence Minister Col. Gen. Sherali Khairulloyev started his working visit to Belarus.
On 21 November, the Tajik Defence Minister met with his Belarusian colleague Lt. Gen. Yuri Zhadobin. In the course of the meeting the parties discussed priority lines of developing bilateral military cooperation.
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18 November 2011
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CISM European Conference
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On 18 November, Minsk hosted the opening ceremony of the CISM European conference.
The participants of the conference listened to the reports Igor Zaichkov, Aide to the President of the Republic of Belarus for Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism Development, Maj. Gen. Pyotr Tikhonovsky, Chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Defence Minister of Belarus, and Sergei Nered, Deputy Minister of Sports and Tourism of Belarus. The conference was opened by President CISM Europe Colonel Mesut Cerit, heading the delegation of the European Regional Coordination Office. At the end of the official ceremony Belarusian sportsmen were given the CISM Europe awards.
The participants of the conference will work out a short-term and long-term strategic plan for 2012-2015, approve the schedule of the CISM competitions and present CISM forthcoming activities. They will also discuss the preparation for the 2nd CISM World Winter Games and 2nd CISM World Cadet Games and development of military sports in the CISM member states, as well as exchange their experience in organising physical education in the armed forces.
The list of the participants of this conference includes delegations from 28 European countries such as Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.
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Delegation of Lithuanian Armed Forces Visits Belarus
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On 17-18 November, a delegation of the Lithuanian armed forces, headed by Robertas Sapronas, Director of the International Relations and Operations Department, Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania, visited Belarus under the action plan of military cooperation between the Belarusian and Lithuanian defence ministries in 2011.
In the course of the visit the parties summarised the results of bilateral military cooperation over this year and signed an action plan of military cooperation between the Belarusian and Lithuanian defence ministries in 2012.
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17 November 2011
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Military Sports Cooperation
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Today the Belarusian Defence Ministry has hosted a meeting of Maj. Gen. Pyotr Tikhonovsky, Chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Defence Minister of Belarus, and Col. Mesut Cerit, President CISM Europe.
The parties discussed promising lines of developing military sports in Europe. Addressing Mesut Cerit, Pyotr Tikhonovsky expressed hope that the European conference would promote cooperation in military sports in Europe.
The opening ceremony of the CISM European conference is to take place on 18 November.
The forum in Belarus is attended by a delegation of the European Regional Coordination Office, as well as the those of 28 CISM member states, such as Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.
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16 November 2011
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Belarusian Defence Minister to Participate in Regular Sitting of CIS Defense Ministers Council
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On 17 November 2011, Belarusian Defence Minister Lt. Gen. Yuri Zhadobin is to take part in a regular sitting of the Defense Ministers Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
The defence ministers will discuss a number of issues concerning further development of international military cooperation between the CIS member states and work of the Defence Ministers Council in 2011, as well as consider the plan of the council's work for 2012.
In the course of his visit to Kazakhstan the Belarusian Defence Minister will sign the plans of bilateral military cooperation with the defence ministries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
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15 November 2011
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Minsk to Host CISM European Conference on 18-19 November
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On 15 November, a delegation of the European Regional Coordination Office of the International Military Sports Council (CISM), headed by the President CISM Europe Colonel Mesut Cerit, arrived in Belarus to participate in the CISM European Conference.
The participants of the conference will work out a short-term and long-term strategic plan for 2012-2015, approve the schedule of the CISM competitions and present CISM forthcoming activities. They will also discuss the preparation for the 2nd CISM World Winter Games and 2nd CISM World Cadet Games and development of military sports in the CISM member states, as well as exchange their experience in organising physical education in the armed forces.
The list of the participants will include delegations from 28 European countries such as Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.
CISM is one of the largest international sports organisations, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. Its main tasks are developing sports in the armed forces, strengthening peace and developing solidarity between its member states worldwide. 127 nations are currently members of CISM.
CISM annually holds regional, continental and world championships in 24 Olympic and 12 military applied sports, as well as the Military World Games, arranged a year before the Olympics.
CISM has regional coordination offices, responsible for the council's regional activities. Having joined CISM in 1993, Belarus is a member of the European Regional Coordination Office.
The office holds its sessions (European conferences) in different European countries. The meetings are aimed at dealing with the issues of CISM interior policy, discussing priority lines of the council's development and activities, as well as short-term and long-term planning, elaborating a common approach to tackling topical problems, as well as familiarising oneself with the culture, history and infrastructure of sports in the hosting country.
Belarus pretended to the right to host the conference along with Finland, Estonia and Slovakia.
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9 November 2011
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Belarusian Participation in UN Peacekeeping Operations
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As a full member of world community, Belarus makes its contribution to the maintenance of international peace and security including participation in peacekeeping operations under the aegis of the UN and other international organisations.
In 2009 Belarus made a decision about the participation in the UN peacekeeping activities. The Belarusian party was proposed to include its representatives into the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, as well as consider the capability of sending its service members to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus on the basis of bilateral contacts with the donor countries of this mission.
In this connection the Belarusian President signed a decree # 400 dated 2 August 2010 on the participation of Belarusian service members in the peacekeeping activities in Lebanon. This year the UN and Belarus signed a Mutual Aid Memorandum. According to this memorandum, Belarus was to send its service members to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon.
For the moment there are three Belarusian representatives in the city of Naqoura in Lebanon: two military doctors and one officer of the mission staff.
Specialists of the military medical service of the Belarusian Armed Forces (surgeon and anesthesiologist) accomplish their tasks in the military hospital of the Indian Armed Forces and render medical assistance to both the UN peacekeepers and local population.
The Belarusian officer of the staff of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon is responsible for organising interoperability between the mission command and high-ranking officers of the Lebanese armed forces, as well as for organising and holding the corresponding meetings.
Besides, the Belarusian Defence Ministry chose and trained the personnel of the military and civilian cooperation group for the participation in the above mentioned mission.
The ministry has already started preparing its service members for a planned rotation and working out the issue of sending the nursing staff (scrub nurse and nurse-anesthesiologist) to Lebanon for establishing a Belarusian surgical team.
The Belarusian Defence Ministry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs conducted consultations with the representatives of the donor countries on the possible participation of Belarusian representatives in the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. In the result some states expressed their readiness to assist our country in this direction, but this issue is still unsolved by different reasons.
This September the UN Secretariat proposed Belarus to appoint its service member to the position of a liaison officer in the newly formed UN Mission in South Sudan. Now this officer is being prepared for the participation in this mission.
On the basis of the UN Secretariat's request the Belarusian Defence Ministry considered the issue of sending the aviation materiel and maintenance staff of the Armed Forces to the UN missions. The implementation of this issue is possible no earlier than in 2013-2014.
Belarusian participation in peacekeeping activities is an important political step which should promote the authority of our country and its image of an active participant of the international security system, as well as the establishment of new tools of defending our foreign-policy interests.
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Lithuanian Inspection Group to Visit a Military Unit in Belarus
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On 9-11 November, a Lithuanian inspection group is to conduct an evaluation visit to the 6th guards independent mechanised brigade of the Belarusian Armed Forces under the Agreement on Additional Confidence- and Security-Building Measures between Belarus and Lithuania.
The aim of the visit is to verify the information, presented by Belarus to the OSCE member states under the 1999 Vienna Document, regarding the unit's personnel and main materiel.
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Cadets from General Jonas Zemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania Visiting Belarusian Military AcademySession of Joint Collegium
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On 8-11 November, a delegation of cadets from the General Jonas Zemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania is visiting the Belarusian Military Academy.
The Lithuanian guests will familiarise themselves with the officers' training in Belarus, life of Belarusian cadets, training facilities and equipment of the combined-arms department of the Belarusian Military Academy and aviation materiel.
Under the cultural programme of the visit, the Lithuanian cadets will visit the Khatyn Memorial, Mir Castle Complex, Belarusian State Academic Musical Theatre, National Art Museum of Belarus and Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War.
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25 October 2011
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Session of Joint Collegium
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On 26 October 2011, Belarusian Minister of Defence Lt. Gen. Yuri Zhadobin is to visit Russia in accordance with the plan of military cooperation between the Belarusian and Russian defence ministries.
During the visit the Belarusian Defence Minister will meet with his Russian colleague.
The defence ministers will take part in the scheduled session of the Joint Collegium of the Belarusian and Russian Defence Ministries, in the course of which they will discuss further development of bilateral military cooperation.
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Observation Flight of Joint US-Norwegian Mission
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On 24-28 October, a joint mission of the USA and Norway is to conduct an observation flight over Belarus and Russia on board the ÎÑ-13 5Â observation aircraft under the Open Skies Treaty.
The aim of the flight is to verify military activities in the observed states.
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Belarusian Inspectors to Visit Latvian and Lithuanian Armed Forces
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On 25-28 October, a Belarusian inspection group is to conduct evaluation visits to military units of the Latvian and Lithuanian armed forces under the regional agreements on the additional confidence- and security-building measures between Belarus and these states.
The aim of the visits is to verify information, presented by Latvia and Lithuania to the OSCE member states under the 1999 Vienna Document, regarding the personnel and main materiel of the units.
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17 October 2011
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Delegation of NATO Allied Command Operations Visiting Belarus
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Within the framework of Belarusian participation in the NATO Partnership for Peace programme, a delegation from the NATO Allied Command Operations has arrived in Belarus to hold consultations on the Concept of Operational Potential.
The aim of the visit is to familiarise Belarusian authorities with the Concept of Operational Potential and discuss the prospects of Belarus to join the concept.
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Members of Belarusian and Swiss Armed Forces to Hold a Meeting
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On 18-21 October 2011, Switzerland is to host a working meeting between representatives of the Belarusian and Swiss armed forces. The meeting will be held in Mels and Bern and dedicated to the issues of training personnel for the land forces and organisation of recruitment.
The participation of the Belarusian representatives in the meeting will enable them to familiarise themselves with the country's military establishment, structure and tasks of the Swiss armed forces, their recruitment system, keeping of mobilisation readiness, organisation, forms and methods of training junior commanders and specialists for the land forces, as well as organisation of combat training in the land forces training centre and other issues.
The Belarusian delegates will see the training facilities and equipment and learn organisation of training in the NCO school, visit the Land Forces training centre and discuss the development of mutually beneficial cooperation between the armed forces of the two states.
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14 October 2011
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Representatives of Belarusian Armed Forces Visit Greek Armed Forces
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On 10-13 October, two representatives of the Belarusian Armed Forces took part in the visits to an airbase and military object, as well as in the demonstration of new types of materiel of the Greek Armed Forces. These activities were organised for the OSCE member states under the 1999 Vienna Document.
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Representative of Belarusian Armed Forces Takes Part in Inspections in Slovakia
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On 10-14 October, a representative of the Belarusian Armed Forces took part in verifying specified areas in Slovakia as a member of a Ukrainian inspection group. The inspections were conducted under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). The inspectors confirmed the correspondence between the actual amount of materiel, limited by CFE, and the declared data.
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11 October 2011
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Military Delegation from Kazakhstan Arrives in Belarus
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On 11 October, a delegation of the Kazakh Defence Ministry, headed by Chief of the Department for Educational, Social and Legal Work Col. Zhumabek Khasenov, started a working visit to Belarus.
In the course of the visit the head of the Kazakh delegation will meet with Maj. Gen. Alexander Gura, assistant to the Belarusian Minister of Defence for ideological work in the Armed Forces, chief of the main directorate for ideological work.
The parties will discuss the issues of educational work and information activities, exchange experience in organising psychological work, as well as social, legal and cultural activities.
Under the agenda, the delegation will visit the Vayar military information agency of the Belarusian Armed Forces and the VoenTV television company.
The members of the delegation will also familiarise themselves with the organisation of officers' training in the Belarusian Military Academy and meet with the officers studying at the command-and-staff department and General Staff department and their instructors.
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7 October 2011
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Polish Inspection Group Visits 557th Engineer Brigade
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On 3-5 October, a Polish inspection group conducted an evaluation visit to the 557th engineer brigade of the Belarusian Armed Forces under the Agreement on Additional Confidence- and Security-Building Measures to the 1999 Vienna Document, adopted by Belarus and Poland. The inspectors evaluated information, presented by Belarus to the OSCE member states under the 1999 Vienna Document regarding the personnel and main materiel of the unit.
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Belarusian Inspectors Verify Military Units in Poland
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On 3-7 October, a Belarusian inspection group verified two military units of the Polish armed forces (at the inspectors' option), which are subject to control under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). The inspectors confirmed the correspondence between the actual amount of materiel, limited by CFE, and the declared data.
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30 september 2011
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Belarusian inspection group to verify two military units in Poland
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On 3-7 October, a Belarusian inspection group is to verify two military units of the Polish armed forces (on the inspectors' option), which are subject to control under CFE.
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Composite Peacekeeping Platoon to Take Part in Joint Exercise
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On 3-8 October 2011, the service members of the composite peacekeeping platoon, Belarusian Armed Forces, are to take part in a joint exercise of the Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian armed forces at the Ukrainian Shiroky Lan combined-arms range.
In the course of the exercise the commanders, staffs and units will practice their interoperability during peacekeeping operations.
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Spanish Group Finishes Its Inspections in Belarus
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Today a Spanish inspection group has finished its inspection of a specified area in Belarus conducted under the 1999 Vienna Document.
The inspectors confirmed that no military activity, subject to preliminary notification under the 1999 Vienna Document, is conducted in the specified area.
Besides two military inspectors from Spain, the group included one inspector from Great Britain and Denmark each.
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28 september 2011
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Aims of Union Shield 2011 Joint Operational Exercise Achieved
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On 16-22 September, Union Shield 2011 joint operational exercise was held at the Gorokhovetsky and Ashuluk ranges in Russia. The manoeuvres were conducted under the training plans of the Belarusian and Russian armed forces.
All the aims of the exercise were achieved. Among them were improving the readiness of the Belarusian-Russian regional joint force for joint operations, raising interoperability between Belarusian and Russian commanders, staffs and units and enhancing the level of their combat training to accomplish joint tasks.
It was the first time when the Belarusian Armed Forces performed such a large-scale redeployment of its troops to the Russian ranges by rail and air.
In the course of the exercise the combined-arms units of the Western Operational Command, Belarusian Armed Forces, and the 20th army of the Western Military District, Russian Armed Forces, acquired the experience of joint actions and employment of the united regional air defence system for supporting the land forces in a difficult jamming and air environment.
One of the priority tasks for all the Belarusian troops that took part in the exercise was to preserve life and health of every service member. Due to the professionalism of the commanders of all levels and their subordinates' responsible approach to keeping security measures there were no deaths and injuries of service members during the exercise.
The Belarusian and Russian defence ministers highly appreciated the results of the exercise. They noted that Belarusian and Russian service members had achieved a high level of interoperability within the regional joint force and united regional air defence system, and the established combat support and combat service support systems had proved their efficiency.
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27 september 2011
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Spanish Inspection Group to Inspect Specified Area in Belarus
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On 27-30 September, a Spanish inspection group is to inspect a specified area in Belarus under the 1999 Vienna Document.
The aim of the inspection is to confirm that no military activity, subject to preliminary notification under the 1999 Vienna Document, is conducted in the specified area.
Besides two military inspectors from Spain, the group includes one inspector from Great Britain and Denmark each.
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CFE Review Conference
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Col. Oleg Gorbach, Chief of the National Agency for Control and Inspections, Belarusian Defence Ministry, is to take part in the Fourth Review Conference of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) as a member of the Belarusian delegation. The conference will be held in Vienna on 29 October.
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23 september 2011
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Verification Activities
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On 20-22 September, a Belgian inspection group visited Belarus under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE).
The inspectors verified the 38th guards independent mobile brigade of the Belarusian Armed Forces, which is subject to control under CFE.
The Belgian inspection group confirmed the correspondence between the actual amount of materiel, limited by the Treaty, and the declared data.
Besides five military inspectors from Belgium, the group included one inspector from Canada, France, the Netherlands and Romania each.
Today a Spanish mission has finished its observation flight over Belarus and Russia. The flight was conducted on board the C-1 3OH observation aircraft under the Open Skies Treaty. Its main aim is to verify military activities in the observed states.
On 19-24 September, two representatives of the Belarusian Armed Forces are visiting an airbase and a military object and attending the demonstration of new weapons of the Russian Armed Forces. The activities have been organised for representatives of the OSCE member states.
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7 september 2011
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Military Diplomats to Visit Cynological Centre of Belarusian Armed Forces
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On 8 September, military attaches, accredited to the Belarusian Defence Ministry, will visit the cynological centre of the Belarusian Armed Forces.
The diplomats will familiarise themselves with the history of the centre and its achievements in dog breeding, visit the kennel and its maternity department, as well as the veterinary station.
The military dog handlers and service dogs will show how they search explosives in a closed room, explosives and engineer explosive items in vehicles, as well as the work of patrol, guard and mine searching dogs.
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2 september 2011
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Course in Implementation of Arms Control Treaties
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On 29 August - 9 September 2011, the National Agency for Control and Inspections, Belarusian Defence Ministry, is hosting a course in the implementation of international arms control treaties for representatives of verification centres of NATO and OSCE member states.
The list of the participants includes members of verification centres from Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Poland and the USA.
A member of the Ukrainian verification centre has been invited to the course as an arms control expert.
The forthcoming exercise will confirm the two countries' rigid intention to provide military security by joint efforts.
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1 september 2011
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Press Service of Belarusian Defence Ministry Reports
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On 16 - 22 September 2011, the Union Shield 2011 joint operational exercise headed by the Chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Minister of Defence of Belarus and the commander of the Western Military District, Russian Armed Forces, will be held on the territory of Russia.
Summing up the results of the Zapad 2009 joint operational-strategic exercise, the Belarusian and Russian presidents announced their agreement to conduct Belarus-Russian military exercise every two years.
The regional joint force (RJF) of Belarus and Russia implements defensive and peaceful policy of the Union State. The exercise is not intended against any state or military alliance. In addition, it reflects the Belarusian and Russian leaders' intention to enhance security and stability in Europe.
The exercise will be a practical step, following a number of joint staff trainings, which were held previously this year to work out RJF's implementation issues.
The concept of the exercise was elaborated jointly by the general staffs of Belarus and Russia with the participation of the staff of the Russian Armed Forces' Western Military District and is exclusively defence-oriented.
The exercise will be held at two Russian ranges, Gorokhovetsky and Ashuluk, located in the Southern and Western military districts.
The Russian ranges will allow the troops to train full-scale implementation of SAM and rocket forces in a complex operational environment, which is limited at Belarusian firing ranges.
The exercise is aimed at improving combat readiness of the Belarus-Russian regional joint force, as well as raising interoperability between commanders, staffs and units of the two countries.
All activities connected with preparing personnel, armament, military and special equipment and logistic reserves for the exercise are being carried out in full correspondence with the terms set.
During the preparatory stage the troops will be redeployed to the Russian firing ranges by rail and air.
During the active stage of the manoeuvres it is planned to train complex engagement of RJF's air-defence and ground forces in order to ensure military security of the Union State.
The exercise will involve about 12,000 troops, up to 50 warplanes and helicopters, 105 tanks and 280 armoured vehicles. The abovementioned forces will include 4,800 troops, up to 35 tanks and 80 armoured vehicles from the Belarus Armed Forces.
Participation of cadets from the Belarusian Military Academy and the military department of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics as junior commanders is one of the exercise's peculiarities.
Participating in the manoeuvres, the cadets will have an opportunity both to solidify their theoretical knowledge and get practice in exercising command and control over units, which they will be assigned to.
The efficiency of developing the military component of the Union State has been proved during large-scale military exercises of RJF, the results of which were highly estimated by the Belarusian and Russian presidents, as well as numerous experts and observers.
The forthcoming exercise will confirm the two countries' rigid intention to provide military security by joint efforts.
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24 August 2011
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Press Service of Belarusian Defence Ministry Reports
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Considering the information about the death of service members during the allegedly conducted joint Belarusian-Russian exercise, which has appeared in a number of the Internet-resources, the Belarusian Defence Ministry declares that at the present time there are no Belarusian service members at the Russian Ashuluk range and the joint Belarusian-Russian exercise will be conducted in September.
In connection with the death of the service members of the brotherly state the Belarusian Defence Ministry expresses condolences to the Russian Defence Ministry and families and friends of the died service members.
It should be noted that within the framework of the second stage of the tactical exercise with the troops of the North-Western Operational-Tactical Command the redeployment of the materiel and personnel of the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defence units to the Ashuluk range started yesterday. The first echelons of the personnel are to arrive there on 28 August.
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23 August 2011
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German Inspection Group Arrives in Minsk
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On 23 August, a German inspection group has arrived in Minsk.
The inspectors will verify a military unit of the Belarusian Armed Forces (at their option), which is subject to control under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.
The aim of the inspection is to check the correspondence between the actual amount of materiel, limited by the Treaty, and the declared data.
Besides seven military inspectors from Germany, the group includes one inspector from Great Britain and Poland each.
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Exercise with NWOTC Troops Continuing
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Accomplishment of the tasks of a tactical exercise with the troops of the North-Western Operational-Tactical Command (NWOTC), Belarusian Air Forces and Air Defence, is continuing.
On 23 August, the loading of personnel and equipment, participating in the exercise, in order to deploy them to the Ashuluk range, Astrakhan Region, Russia, has begun.
A grouping of the Belarusian Air Forces and Air Defence, consisting of more than 1,000 militaries from the 15th, 147th and 29th SAM brigades and the 49th radio-technical brigade, as well as the 61st fighter airbase, will be transported to a new position area by rail and air.
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22 August 2011
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Exercise of Belarusian Troops at Ashuluk Begins
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On 18 August, troops of the North-Western Operational-Tactical Command (NWOTC), Belarusian Air Forces and Air Defence, started a tactical exercise. The exercise is headed by NWOTC commander and are held under the troops' training plan.
The active phase of the exercise with field firing will take place at the Ashuluk range in Russia. The combat crews of the SAM units will conduct filed firing and the pilots engage air targets as members of the Belarusian force in the course of the Boyevoye Sodruzhestvo 2011 (Companionship-in-Arms 2011) joint coalitional exercise.
The main aims of the forthcoming exercise are to improve command and control skills of commanders and their staffs, train the crews to accomplish combat missions in their permanent dispositions, work out the redeployment of military units to a new position area and accomplishment of field firing there, as well as to improve the personnel's skills in repulsing air strikes.
During the exercise the military units will be redeployed to the Ashuluk range by rail and by air and conduct field firing there.
The list of the exercise's participants will include combat crews of Belarusian SAM brigades and a radio-technical brigade, as well as crews of the MiG-29 aircraft from a fighter airbase, signal and combat service support elements. The S-300, Buk and Osa SAM systems will be used in the course of the exercise too.
While accomplishing the tasks of the exercise Belarusian commanders will be able to test new automated command and control systems of all levels.
The main peculiarity of the exercise is that the troops will accomplish their combat tasks within the united air defence system of CSTO member states within the framework of the Boyevoye Sodruzhestvo 2011 joint operational exercise.
Both experienced pilots and those who have never fulfilled missions at ranges will participate in the manoeuvres. It will allow them to acquire practical experience in killing air targets and accomplishing other tasks.
Close cooperation with Russia will allow our crews to develop their field firing skills both independently and within the framework of the Boyevoye Sodruzhestvo coalitional exercise.
Crews of the 15th SAM brigade were the first who performed field firing after the Belarusian and Russian defence ministries had signed the agreement, that allowed Belarusian air defence units to use Russian military ranges.
Since 1996, when the agreement was inked, members of all Belarusian missile and air units have practiced field firing at Russian ranges.
Exercises with field firing are the most important element in the troops training system. They help not only to improve the personnel's combat skills, but develop their psychological readiness for the accomplishment of combat missions as well.
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16 August 2011
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Visit of Ukrainian Military Delegation
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On 15-16 August, a Ukrainian military delegation, headed by Commander of the Air Force Lt. Gen. Serhii Onyshchenko, is visiting Belarus.
During the visit the Belarusian and Ukrainian service members will exchange their experience in reforming the Air Force and Air Defence, discuss the state and development of military cooperation in the sphere of the Air Force and Air Defence, as well as the prospects of the armed services’ development.
In the course of the meetings the delegates will consider organising joint trainings on the exchange of information about air traffic and using the ranges of the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defence and Ukrainian Air Force on a mutually beneficial basis.
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12 August 2011
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Belarusian Inspectors Conduct Inspections
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On 8-12 August, a Belarusian inspection group has verified two military units of the German armed forces (at their option), which are subject to control under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). The inspectors confirmed the correspondence between the actual amount of materiel, limited by CFE, and the declared data.
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Observation Flight
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On 8-12 August, a representative of the Belarusian Armed Forces has taken part in an observation flight over Poland under the Open Skies Treaty on board the Russian An-30B observation aircraft. The flight, conducted by a Belarus-Russia group of member states, was aimed at verifying military activities on the territory of the observed state.
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8 August 2011
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Bronze Medal of European Shooting Championships 2011
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Col. Sergei Martynov has won a bronze medal in the 50m rifle prone men finals at the European Shooting Championships in Belgrade, Serbia (31 July - 15 August). The Belarusian sportsman scored a total of 700.0 points, which was enough for the European Championship bronze.
Three licenses for the 2012 Olympics in London were distributed in the finals. One of the licenses was given to Sr. Sgt. Yury Shcherbatsevich, who occupied the fifth place in the 50m rifle 3 positions men event scoring 40 points in each shooting position. His total score was 1265.2 points. Sergei Martynov had qualified for the Olympics earlier.
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29 July 2011
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Aims of Training Achieved
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On 29 July, the active phase of the joint staff training with the Belarusian Defence Ministry, conducted on the initiative of the Belarusian President and under the direction of the State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus, have been finished.
The participants of the training evaluated the quality of command and control, readiness of the rapid reaction force for the accomplishment of the service tasks and the ability of the air defence duty forces and means to counter surprise attacks of the air assault weapon.
The aims of the training have been achieved. Its participants showed their high level of readiness for the accomplishment of the service tasks and cohesion of command and control bodies and military units, operating proficiency of the personnel, all the firing practices were conducted with success.
At the moment the military units, which took part in the training, are returning to their permanent dispositions.
The training showed a high level of readiness of the Belarusian Armed Forces for defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state.
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28 July 2011
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Practical Actions of Troops
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The joint staff training is continuing in the Belarusian Armed Forces. The rapid reaction force of the air units are pulling combat duty connected with the accomplishment of the service tasks.
During of the anti-aircraft firing practice with the 302nd SAM brigade the combat readiness of the air defence duty forces of the Air Force and Air Defence was checked by the flights of control targets. In accordance with the plan of the tactical exercise the brigade is to take part in field firing today.
The participants of the training used a fixed wing and a rotary wing aircraft as control targets in order to check the combat readiness of the units. The air defence duty forces conducted the bombardment and interception of control targets using duty artillery battalions of the 302 SAM brigade and duty forces of the 61st fighter airbase.
The units of the 11th independent mobile brigade of the Western Operational Command are continuing to accomplish the service tasks at the Obuz-Lesnovsky 230th all-arms range.
The activities aimed at making the units of the 38th independent mobile brigade ready for the accomplishment of their service tasks have been successfully finished. The armament, military equipment, ammunition and material resources have been received and used to the full extent. The review of combat readiness is being conducted.
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CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha Visiting the 103rd Guards Separate Mobile Brigade
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On 29 July 2011, CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha, authorised representatives of the CSTO member states and representatives of the CSTO Secretariat and Joint Command Staff are visiting the 103rd Guards separate mobile brigade.
The delegation's members will familiarise with the structure and combat tasks of the mobile brigade, its training level, equipment and capabilities in the fulfillment of tasks of collective security. They will also watch tests for the Army Speical Forces Valour and Skill falcon.
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Joint Staff Training in Belarusian Armed Forces Continuing
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On 28 July, in order to build up the situation, the Belarusian Defence Minister has been given the order of the Belarusian President, Commander-in-Chief of the Belarusian Armed Forces to get two mobile and one airmobile battalions of the 38th guards independent mobile brigade fully operational. These battalions are included into the rapid reaction force. After conducting activities aimed at getting these battalions fully operational the participants of the training will conduct the review of readiness for the accomplishment of the service tasks and advancement to the areas where these tasks should be accomplished.
This training has a number of peculiarities. For example, in the course of the tactical exercise with the artillery battalion of the 302nd SAM brigade conducted at the Domanovo range unmanned aerial vehicles were used for the first time for detecting sabotage-reconnaissance groups and accomplishing other tasks.
The Belarusian Defence Minister made a decision to build-up the air defence system to improve the actions of the rapid reaction force. In order to do it aviation was redeployed to the dispersal airfields.
The units of the 11th guards independent mechanised brigade are continuing to accomplish the tasks at the Obuz-Lesnovsky 230th all-arms range.
The personnel of the rapid reaction force are guarding the areas of the military units' concentration. Besides, the participants of the exercise are conducting activities aimed at the equipment of these areas, as well as a company tactical exercise and driving lessons among the personnel of platoons and companies.
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27 July 2011
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Chinese Delegation Visiting Belarus
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On 27-29 July 2011, a delegation of the People's Liberation Army of China is visiting Belarus.
In the course of the visit the parties will discuss possible directions of bilateral cooperation including training of military personnel at Belarusian military schools and visit the Belarusian Military Academy.
Besides, they will take part in a cultural programme, which includes visiting the Stalin Line historical and cultural complex, Mir Castle museum complex and Minsk sightseeing tour.
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Third Day of Joint Staff Training
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The participants of the training are continuing to get the mobilisation resources of the rapid reaction force of the Belarusian Armed Forces fully operational without their roundout.
These activities are conducted in accordance with decisions upheld by the corresponding commanders. The control of troops is carried out from fixed command posts through the communication channels of the Armed Forces.
Military units are continued to be put on alert and checked.
The armament and military equipment, which were in storage in the Western Operational-Tactical Command of the Air Force and Air Defence, special operations forces, missile troops and artillery and Western Operational Command, have been got fully operational and material resources have been loaded into vehicles.
In the course of the training the readiness of the rapid reaction force's units for the accomplishment of the service tasks is reviewed.
The units of the engineer troops have finished the equipment of a bridge crossing through the Shchara River, which is necessary for the march of the units of the 11th operational mobile brigade to the 230th all-arms range.
Other units are involved in planned day-to-day activities and accomplish tasks stipulated in the plan of combat training.
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26 July 2011
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Joint Staff Training in Belarusian Armed Forces Continuing
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Joint Staff training in the Belarusian Armed Forces continues. During the first day of the training officials of the Belarusian Defence Ministry and the General Staff reported the State Secretary of the Security Council on the employment of the Armed Forces according to the training situation designed.
On 26 July, the combat training shifted to the military units. The commanders started planning employment of the subordinated troops, as well as organising control, cooperation and overall support according to the orders received. Representatives of the Security Council State Secretariat control the training.
Units of the Air Force and Air Defence, special operations forces, the Western operational command, rocket forces and artillery participate in the training according to the order of the Belarusian President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
During the tactical and special tactical training exercise the directing staff will estimate the quality of command, the level of combat and mobilisation readiness, as well as readiness of Air Defence Standby Forces to counter surprise air attacks. The results received will be used to develop recommendations on improvement of the Armed Forces' readiness, to determine main lines of training of mechanised, mobile, air-defence and other units, maintenance of armament and military and special equipment, as well as technical and rear support.
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Rapid Trident-2011 Multinational Tactical Exercise
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On 25 July - 5 August 2011, the International Centre for Peacekeeping and Security, Ukrainian Armed Forces, is hosting the Rapid Trident-2011 multinational tactical exercise.
The list of the participants includes units of the Belarusian, British, US, Serbian, Polish, Moldovan and Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Belarusian Armed Forces are represented by the 38th guards independent mobile brigade of the special operations forces.
The participants of the exercise will work out the issues of interoperability between the command staff and units in joint actions during a multinational peacekeeping (antiterrorist) operation.
The exercise will be conducted in two phases: the first phase will consist of airborne training of multinational units and parachute jumping from different types of aerial vehicles and the second phase will be dedicated to a battalion tactical peacekeeping exercise.
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22 July 2011
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Inspection in Czech Republic
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On 22 July, a Belarusian inspection group has finished its inspection of a military unit of the Czech armed forces.
In the course of the inspection, conducted under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, the inspectors checked the correspondence between the actual amount of materiel, limited by the Treaty, the declared data.
Besides Belarusian inspectors, the group also included one inspector form Kazakhstan and Ukraine each.
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Polish Inspectors to Verify Specified Area in Belarus
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On 25-28 July a Polish inspection group is to verify a specified area in Belarus under the Regional Agreement on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures to the 1999 Vienna Document, adopted by Belarus and Poland.
The aim of the inspection is to confirm that no military activity, subject preliminary notification under the 1999 Vienna Document, is conducted in the specified area.
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21 July 2011
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First Belarusian Gold Medal
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Belarusian army sportswoman Junior Sergeant of Contract Service Marina Arzamasova has won a gold medal in the 800 m race at the 5th CISM Military World Games conducted in Rio de Janeiro on16-24 July. Her result is 2 minutes 1.39 seconds.
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20 July 2011
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Impetuous Eagle 2011 Belarus-China Joint Anti-Terrorism Training Drill
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On 5-16 July 2011, the 230th combined-arms training range hosted Belarus-China joint anti-terrorism training drill named Impetuous Eagle 2011.
The drill involved personnel of the 382th guard separate mobile battalion of the 38th guard separate mobile brigade of forces of special operations of the Belarusian Armed Forces and a special tactics squadron of air assault forces of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
During the drill Chinese and Belarusian units trained joined actions in order to accomplish the tasks set.
This exercise allowed representatives of the two armed forces to exchange experience in preparing personnel, training soldiers' high combat abilities and providing their moral and psychological compatibility when accomplishing tasks within a company tactical team.
During their stay in Belarus Chinese military had the possibility to get some idea of Belarusian history, culture, customs and traditions.
The Brest Hero - Fortress Memorial, Mir Castle and Zhirovichi Holy Dormition Monastery were visited by military. A concert brigade of the band of the Belarusian Armed Forces performed for participants of the drill.
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15 July 2011
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5th Military World Games
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On 16-24 July Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will host the 5th CISM (International Military Sports Council) Military World Games.
The games' participants will compete in 20 sports: 14 Olympic and 6 military ones.
Belarus will participate in the 5th Military World Games with 12 Armed Forces athletes competing in 2 sports - track and field and taekwondo.
Since the first participation in CISM activities in 1993, Belarusian Armed Forces athletes have been constantly demonstrating high performance and remain in the world's top ten teams.
Sport delegations from more than 100 countries of the world will participate in the games.
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Belarusian Inspection Group to Conduct Verification Activities in Czech Republic
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On 18-22 July, under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) a Belarusian inspection group will verify a military unit of the Czech armed forces at inspectors' choice.
The aim of the inspection is to verify whether the unit's weapons and military equipment limited by CFE match the quantity notified.
Besides military inspectors from Belarus, the group will include one representative of the armed forces of Kazakhstan and Ukraine each.
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8 July 2011
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Observation Flight over Latvia
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On 11-15 July 2011, a representative of the Belarusian Armed Forces will participate in an observation flight over Latvia under the Open Air Treaty on board the Russian An-30B observation aircraft. The flight to be conducted by a Belarus-Russia group of member states will be aimed at verifying military activities in the observed state.
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6 July 2011
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Chinese Military Delegation to Visit Belarus
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On 6-9 July, a Chinese military delegation headed by Gen. Col. Zhang Guolin, commissar of the Nanjing military district, is to visit Belarus according to the plan of international military cooperation.
During the visit the members of the Chinese delegation will meet with Maj. Gen. Pyotr Tikhonovsky, Chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Defence Minister of Belarus. The parties will discuss further bilateral military cooperation.
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5 July 2011
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Council of CIS Defence Ministers to Hold a Session
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On 6 July 2011 the Council of Defence Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States is to hold a session in Sochi, Russia.
The Belarusian Defence Ministry will be represented by Maj. Gen. Mikhail Puzikov, Deputy Minister of Defence for Personnel and Combat Training, Chief of the Main Directorate for Personnel.
During the session it is planned to discuss military cooperation prospects, particularly, the implementation of 2010-2015 CIS military cooperation concept.
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4 July 2011
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Belarusian Honour Guard to Participate in Parade in Venezuela
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Representatives of the Belarusian Armed Forces will partake in the military parade in Venezuela that will mark the 200th anniversary of signing of the Act of Independence of the Bolivarian Republic.
Belarus will be represented by its honour guard company.
The parade will take place in Caracas on 5 July 2011.
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Working Meeting of Belarusian and Ukrainian Military Experts
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On 4-6 July, experts of Belarusian and Ukrainian defence ministries will hold a working meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, in order to evaluate the implementation of the Agreement on Additional Confidence- and Security-Building Measures between the Belarusian Government and the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers. Belarus will be represented by two armed forces experts. During the meeting it is planned to assess the implementation of the agreement and work out recommendations on its further improvement.
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2 July 2011
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New Appointments
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On 2 July 2011, President Alexander Lukashenko signed a number of decrees on making promotions in military ranks, special ranks and class ranks.
Colonels Vasily Gorbatenko, Sergei Kuprik, Sergei Bakhchevan and Alexander Pashukevich have been promoted to the military rank of major general
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24 June 2011
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French Inspection Group Conducts Verification Activities in Belarus
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On 20-24 June a French inspection group conducted inspections and paid an evaluation visit to specified areas in Belarus under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) and the 1999 Vienna Document. During the evaluation visit the inspectors confirmed the reliability of the information, presented by Belarus to the OSCE member states under the 1999 Vienna Document, regarding the personnel and materiel of the 38th separate mobile brigade. Inspections were held at the 116th guard assault air base and the 72th guard unified training center for NCOs and junior specialists, which are subject to control under CFE. The inspection group confirmed that the units' weapons and military equipment limited by CFE match the quantity notified. Besides eight military inspectors from France, the group included an inspector from Germany.
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Belarusian Inspection Group Conducts Verification Activities in France
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On 20-24 June a Belarusian inspection group conducted inspections and paid an evaluation visit to specified areas in France under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) and the 1999 Vienna Document. During the evaluation visit the inspectors confirmed the reliability of the information, presented by France to the OSCE member states under the 1999 Vienna Document, regarding the personnel and materiel of a French military unit. During the inspections of two military units of French armed forces, which are subject to control under CFE, Belarusian inspectors confirmed that the units' weapons and military equipment limited by CFE match the quantity notified.
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Representatives of the Belarusian Armed Forces Observe Amber Hope 2011 Training Exercise
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On 21-22 June 2011 under the 1999 Vienna Document two representatives of the Belarusian Armed Forces observed an active phase of Amber Hope 2011 NATO training exercise held in Lithuania. Two representatives of each OSCE member state were invited to observe the military training exercise according to the provisions of the 1999 Vienna Document.
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Italian Inspection Group Conducts Verification Activities in Belarus
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On 21-24 June an Italian inspection group conducted an inspection of a specified area in Belarus under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). The group inspected the 231th artillery brigade, which is subject to control under CFE. The inspectors confirmed that the unit's weapons and military equipment limited by CFE match the quantity notified. Besides six military inspectors from Italy, the group included one inspector from Germany, the Netherlands and the USA each.
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21 June 2011
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Italian Inspection Group to Visit Belarus
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On 21-24 June, an Italian inspection group will visit Belarus under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). The inspection group will verify a military unit, which is subject to control under CFE, at inspectors' choice. The aim of the inspection is to verify whether the unit's weapons and military equipment limited by CFE match the quantity notified. Besides six military inspectors from Italy, the group includes one inspector from Germany, the Netherlands and the USA each.
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'The saved world remembers' International Humanitarian Meeting
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On 21-23 June, 'The saved world remembers' international humanitarian meeting will be held as a part of events dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. War veterans from Belarus, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine and Poland will participate in the meeting. Belarus is represented by delegations from all the regions and Minsk.
During three days veterans will visit historic and cultural attractions of Brest, the Brest Hero - Fortress Memorial and the Belovezhskaya Pushcha State National Park, as well as participate in events held in Brest and dedicated to the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.
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17 June 2011
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Belarusian Inspection Group Conducts Verification Activities in Ukraine
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On 14-16 June, a Belarusian inspection group conducted an inspection of a specified area and paid an evaluation visit to a military unit of the Ukrainian armed forces under the agreement between the Belarusian Government and Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers on additional confidence- and security-building measures. The inspectors confirmed that no military activity, subject to preliminary notification under the 1999 Vienna Document, is conducted in the specified area, as well as the information, presented by Ukraine to the OSCE member states under the 1999 Vienna Document, regarding the unit's personnel and materiel.
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French Inspection Group to Visit Belarus
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On 20-24 June, a French inspection group will visit Belarus under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) and the 1999 Vienna Document.
The inspection group will verify two military units, which are subject to control under CFE, at inspectors’ choice, as well as pay evaluation visit under the provision of CFE to the 38th separate mobile brigade of the Belarusian Armed Forces. The aim of the inspection is to verify whether the unit’s weapons and military equipment limited by CFE match the quantity notified.
During the visit to a military unit the inspectors will evaluate the information, presented by Belarus to the OSCE member states under the 1999 Vienna Document, regarding the unit's personnel and materiel. Besides eight military inspectors from France, the group will include an inspector from Germany.
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Belarusian Inspection Group to Conduct Verification Activities in France
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On 20-24 June, under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) and the 1999 Vienna Document a Belarusian inspection group will verify two military units, which are subject to control under CFE, at inspectors’ choice, as well as pay evaluation visit under the 1999 Vienna Document to a military unit of France. During the visit the inspectors will verify whether the unit’s weapons and military equipment limited by CFE match the quantity notified. The aim of the visit is to evaluate the correspondence of the information, presented by France to the OSCE member states under the 1999 Vienna Document, regarding the unit's personnel and materiel.
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13 June 2011
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Belarusian Inspection Group to Conduct Verification Activities in Ukraine
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On 14-16 June, a Belarusian inspection group is to conduct an inspection of a specified area and pay an evaluation visit to a military unit of the Ukrainian armed forces under the agreement between the Belarusian Government and Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers on additional confidence- and security-building measures.
The aim of the inspection is to confirm that no military activity, subject to preliminary notification under the 1999 Vienna Document, is conducted in the specified area.
During the visit to a military unit the inspectors will evaluate the information, presented by Ukraine to the OSCE member states under the 1999 Vienna Document, regarding the unit's personnel and materiel.
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8 June 2011
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Spanish Inspection Group Conducting Inspection in Belarus
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On 7-10 June, a Spanish inspection group is verifying a military unit in Belarus under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE).
The aim of the inspection is to verify the correspondence of provided information, regarding the unit's armament and equipment.
Besides six military inspectors from Spain, the group includes one inspector from Denmark, Canada and the Netherlands each.
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7 June 2011
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Session of Council of CSTO Defence Ministers
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On 7 June, Minsk hosted a session of the Council of Defence Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), chaired by Belarusian Defence Minister Lt. Gen. Yuri Zhadobin.
The defence ministers discussed the priority directions of the CSTO activities, as well as the implementation of the resolutions adopted at the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council in December 2010.
During the plenary session the ministers considered the organisation of interoperability between the chiefs of the general (main) staffs, the Committee of the Chiefs of Staffs and the CSTO Joint Staff, as well as the improvement of the activities of the CSTO Joint Staff. Special attention was paid to the equipment of the Collective Rapid Reaction Force with modern and compatible samples of the armament, military and special equipment.
The parties also considered draft agreements on the organisation of research of military-technical cooperation problems within CSTO, establishment of an interstate system of cataloging materiel in service with the CSTO member states, as well as military-economic cooperation.
The CSTO defence ministers discussed making amendments to the plan of joint activities of operational and combat training of the command and control bodies and military units of the CSTO collective security system for 2011.
The ministers also considered the formation of the CSTO peacekeeping forces and their training.
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6 June 2011
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Session of Council of CSTO Defence Ministers
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On 7 June, Minsk is to host a session of the Council of Defence Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO).
The list of the participants will include the defence ministers of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The defence ministers will discuss the priority directions of the CSTO activities, as well as the implementation of the resolutions adopted at the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council in December 2010.
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2 June 2011
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Chinese Military Delegation Visiting Belarus
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A Chinese military delegation arrived in Belarus yesterday. It is headed by the commissar of the Military Training and Arms Department, General Staff, Chinese People's Liberation Army.
During the visit the members of the Chinese delegation will meet with Maj. Gen. Mikhail Puzikov, Deputy Minister of Defence for Personnel and Combat Training, Chief of the Main Directorate for Personnel, Belarusian Defence Ministry.
The delegates will also visit the Belarusian Military Academy.
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Official Visit Continues
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Maj. Gen. Pyotr Tikhonovsky, Chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Defence Minister of Belarus, continues his official visit to China.
The Belarusian delegates laid wreaths to the Monument to the People's Heroes and visited a military unit of the Beijing garrison. They also held a protocol meeting with Col. Gen. Guo Boxiong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, member of the Political Bureau, Central Committee, Communist Party of China. Negotiations were also held with Col. Gen. Chen Bingde, Chief of the PLA General Staff.
The military cooperation between Belarus and China is rapidly developing. The meetings between the defence ministers of the two states have become a tradition.
Over the last three years alone Belarus and China have exchanged seven high level military delegations.
The representatives of the Belarusian Armed Forces and the Chinese People's Liberation Army pass training at military schools of the two countries on a regular basis.
Since 2000, 152 Chinese service members have been educated at the Belarusian Military Academy and 43 Belarusian service members studied at PLA schools.
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1 June 2011
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Arms Control Activities
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On 29 May - 4 June, a Belarusian inspection group is verifying specified areas in Latvia and Lithuania under the 1999 Vienna Document.
The aim of the inspections is to confirm that no military activity, subject to preliminary notification under the 1999 Vienna Document, is conducted in the specified areas.
On 30 May - 3 June, a Polish mission is conducting an observation flight over Belarus and Russia on board the Ukrainian An-30B observation aircraft under the Open Skies Treaty.
The aim of the flight is to verify military activities on the territories of the observed states.
On 31 May - 3 June, a US inspection group is verifying a specified area in Belarus under the 1999 Vienna Document.
The aim of the inspection is to confirm that no military activity, subject to preliminary notification, is conducted in the specified area.
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Within the Framework of Belarusian-Chinese Military Cooperation
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On 1 June, a delegation of the Belarusian Defence Ministry, headed by Maj. Gen. Pyotr Tikhonovsky, chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Defence Minister of Belarus, has started an official visit to China.
Under the programme of the visit, the members of the delegation will hold a number of meetings with the command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). In particular, the delegation will be received by Col. Gen. Chen Bingde, chief of the PLA General Staff. The chiefs of the general staffs will discuss the current and prospective lines of military cooperation.
The military component of the Belarusian-Chinese cooperation gained momentum after signing the Joint Declaration in 2005, which defined the Belarusian-Chinese relations as strategic partnership.
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Chinese Military Delegation Visiting Belarus
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On 30 May - 3 June, a Chinese military delegation, headed by Maj. Gen. Qian Lihua, director of the Foreign Affairs Office, National Defense Ministry of China, is paying a visit to Belarus under the action plan of international military cooperation in 2011.
In the course of the visit the parties conducted negotiations on the development of cooperation between the defence ministries of the two countries. Besides, the PLA delegation visited the 2nd engineer brigade of the Belarusian Armed Forces, where the delegates familiarised themselves with its organisation, tasks and training process.
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23 May 2011
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Swedish Inspection Group to Verify Specified Area in Belarus
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On 24-27 May 2011, a Swedish inspection group is to verify a specified area in Belarus under the 1999 Vienna Document.
The aim of the inspection is to confirm that no military activity, subject to preliminary notification under the 1999 Vienna Document, is conducted in the specified area.
Besides three Swedish military inspectors, the group will include an inspector from Finland.
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Belarusian Service Members to Military Objects of Slovak Armed Forces
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On 24-27 May 2011, under the 1999 Vienna Document, representatives of the Belarusian Armed Forces are to take part in the visits to an airbase and military object of the Slovak armed forces, organised for representatives of the OSCE member states.
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20 May 2011
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Norwegian Inspection Group to Visit Belarus
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On 23-26 May 2011, a Norwegian inspection group is to visit Belarus under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.
The inspectors will verify a military unit of the Belarusian Armed Forces (at their option), which is subject to control under CFE.
The aim of the inspection is to verify the correspondence of provided information, regarding the units' armament and equipment.
Besides five Norwegian military inspectors, the inspection group will include one inspector from Canada, the Netherlands, USA and Czech Republic each.
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17 May 2011
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Consultations with Representatives of NATO Headquarters
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On 16-18 May 2011, a delegation of the NATO headquarters is visiting Belarus. The visit is paid within the framework of Belarusian participation in the Partnership for Peace Planning and Review Process (PARP) and under the Individual Partnership for Peace Programme of Belarus and NATO for 2010 - 2011.
The aim of the visit is to discuss the draft of the PARP Review Document and to hold consultations on the issues of implementing the Partnership Aims.
The delegation of the NATO headquarters, headed by Frank Boland, Director of Force Planning Department, NATO Defence Policy and Planning Directorate, the military attaches of NATO member states such as Germany, Lithuania, Poland, France, accredited to the Belarusian Defence Ministry and the representatives of the Belarusian Defence Ministry will discuss the draft of the Review Document of PARP-2011, as well as the results and plans of our country's implementation of the Partnership Aims in 2010.
The Belarusian delegation in the consultations is headed by Maj. Gen. Alexander Anisimov, State Secretary, Aide to Minister of Defence on Military Policy.
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16 May 2011
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Ukrainian Inspection Group to Conduct Verification in Belarus
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On 17-20 May, a Ukrainian inspection group is to conduct an inspection of a specified area in Belarus and pay an evaluation visit to a military unit of the Belarusian Armed Forces under the agreement between the Belarusian Government and Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers on additional confidence- and security-building measures.
The aims of these verification activities are to confirm that no military activities, subject to preliminary notification under the 1999 Vienna Document, is conducted in the specified area, as well as evaluate the information, presented by Belarus to the OSCE member states regarding the unit's personnel and materiel.
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14 May 2011
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Inspections of Specified Areas in Bulgaria and Romania
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On 16-18 May 2011, Belarusian inspec-tors are to verify specified areas in Bulgaria and Romania under the 1999 Vienna Document.
The aim of the inspections is to confirm that no military activity, subject to preliminary notification under the 1999 Vienna Document, is conducted in the specified areas.
The Belarusian inspection groups will also include Russian inspectors.
In their turn, Belarusian inspectors will take part in inspecting specified areas in Bulgaria and Romania as members of Russian inspection groups.
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12 May 2011
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Chief of Russian General Staff Visiting Belarus
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General of the Army Nikolai Makarov, chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, First Deputy Defence Minister of Russia, has arrived in Belarus with a working visit.
General of the Army Nikolai Makarov visited the Belarusian Military Academy, where he lectured before the senior officials of the Belarusian Armed Forces, teaching staff and cadets of the military school. In the course of the lecture he specified the aims, tasks, directions and results of the reforms conducted in the Russian army, as well as touched upon a number of issues connected with prospective forms and methods of the Armed Forces employment.
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7 May 2011
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New Appointment
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According to the press service of the Belarusian President, Alexander Lukashenko has appointed Maj. Gen. Sergei Lemeshevsky commander of the Air Force and Air Defence, Belarusian Armed Forces, discharging him from the post of the chief of the main staff, first deputy commander of the Air Force and Air Defence. The President signed a relevant decree on 6 May.
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29 April 2011
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Observation Flight of Canadian Mission
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On 3-7 May 2011, a Canadian mission is to conduct an observation flight over Belarus and Russia on board the Ñ-130Í observation aircraft under the Open Skies Treaty. The aim of the flight is to verify military activities on the territories of the observed states.
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26 April 2011
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Belarusian Minister of Defence Visiting Ukraine
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Belarusian Minister of Defence Lt. Gen. Yuri Zhadobin is paying an official visit to Ukraine.
The Belarusian delegation will hold bilateral meetings with senior officials of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry, in the course of which they will consider further development of bilateral military cooperation.
Under the programme of the visit, the Belarusian delegation will also visit military schools and units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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25 April 2011
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Belarusian Military Inspector to Visit Germany and Italy
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On 25-30 April 2011, a representative of the Belarusian Armed Forces will take part in the inspections of specified areas in Germany and Italy as a member of the Kazakh inspection group under the 1999 Vienna Document.
The aim of the inspections is to confirm that no military activity, subject to preliminary notification under the 1999 Vienna Document, is conducted in the specified areas.
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20 April 2011
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Defense Ministers of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine Hold a Meeting
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On 20 April 2011, Minsk hosted a session of the Joint Collegium of the Belarusian and Russian Defence Ministries.
It was followed by a trilateral meeting between the defence ministers of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, in the course of which they discussed the prospects of military cooperation between the three countries.
Speaking to the journalists Ukrainian Minister of Defence Mykhailo Yezhel said that in the course of the meeting they had discussed possible participation of Ukrainian military units in the forthcoming joint operational exercise of the Belarusian and Russian armed forces, which is to take place at Russian ranges in September.
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18 April 2011
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Belarus Implements Its Arms Control Obligations
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On 18 April, about 50 representatives of 27 OSCE member states (Belgium, Hungary, Germany, Georgia, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Kazakhstan, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Great Britain, the USA, Ukraine, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden and Estonia) have arrived in Belarus under the 1999 Vienna Document of the Negotiations on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures.
According to the agenda, the representatives of the Belarusian Defence Ministry and the General Staff will hold briefings before the representatives of the foreign states.
On 20-21 April, the OSCE representatives will visit the 61st fighter airbase and 11th independent mechanised brigade.
The foreign guests will attend briefings on the tasks and current activities of these military units, familiarise themselves with the main samples of the armament and military equipment and meet with the commanders and personnel of the units.
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11 April 2011
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German and Polish Groups Finish Their Inspections in Belarus
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On 8 April, the German and Polish inspection groups finished the inspections of the specified areas, conducted under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.
The German group verified the permanent storage warehouse on the territory of the 969th tank reserve base. In its turn, the Polish group inspected the 977th armament artillery base.
The inspection groups confirmed the correspondence between the actual amount of materiel, limited by the Treaty, and the declared data.
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6 April 2011
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Press Service Reports
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Considering the information on the alleged presence of Belarusian service members in Libya, which was published in Komsomolskaya Pravda and a number of opposition mass media, the Belarusian Defence Ministry declares that this information is provocative and does not correspond to the facts.
At the moment there is only one Belarusian service member in Libya - the military attache at the Belarusian embassy.
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4 April 2011
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German and Polish Inspection Groups to Verify Specified Areas
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On 5-8 April, inspection groups from Germany and Poland are to visit Belarus to verify specified areas under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.
Each group will inspect a military unit of the Belarusian Armed Forces (at their option), which is subject to control under CFE.
The aim of the inspections is to verify the correspondence of provided information, regarding the units' armament and equipment.
Besides seven military inspectors from Germany, the German inspection group will include one inspector from Hungary and Norway each. The Polish inspection group will consist of five Polish military inspectors and one inspector from Hungary, Slovakia, the U.S. and France each.
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1 April 2011
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Working Meeting
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On 4-6 April, Minsk is to host a working meeting between the delegation of the National Agency for Control and Inspections, Belarusian Defence Ministry, headed by Col. Oleg Gorbach, chief of the agency, and the delegation of Lithuanian specialists, headed by Lt. Col. Raimondas Ivanauskas, chief of the Arms Control Division, Lithuanian Armed Forces.
The participants of the meeting will discuss the implementation of the Agreement between Belarus and Lithuania on the Additional Confidence- and Security-Building Measures.
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Observation Flight of Joint Italian-US Mission
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On 4-9 April, a joint Italian-US mission is to conduct an observation flight over Belarus and Russia on board the Italian Ñ-130J observation aircraft under the Open Skies Treaty. The aim of the flight is to verify military activities on the territories of the observed states.
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30 March 2011
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Briefing for Military Attaches
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On 29 March 2011, the press centre of the Vayar Military Information Agency, Belarusian Armed Forces, hosted a briefing of Maj. Gen. Lemeshevsky, acting commander of the Air Force and Air Defence, with foreign military attaches, accredited to the Belarusian Defence Ministry.
Among the participants of the briefing were the representatives of nine foreign states.
During the briefing Maj. Gen. Lemeshevsky reported on the activities of the Air Force and Air Defence and answered the numerous questions of military diplomats.
After the briefing the foreign military attaches visited the Amkodor JSC, where they saw new models of the Amkodor vehicles and their capabilities, as well as familiarised themselves with the plant floors. Besides, the employees of the Amkodor JSC conducted a briefing, where they told the military attaches about the history of the plant and its development prospects.
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29 March 2011
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International Military-Scientific Conference
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On 30-31 March 2011, the Belarusian Military Academy is to host an international military-scientific conference dedicated to the innovation-based development of armed forces considering the character of wars in future.
Among the participants of the conference will be the State Secretary of the Belarusian Security Council, Defence Minister of Belarus and his deputies, as well as representatives of military organisations and units, commands, special operations forces, the State Military-Industrial Committee, research institutions, military departments and sub-departments of the Belarusian universities, military schools of Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Ukraine.
The main aim of the conference is to determine common approaches to the issues of the innovation-based development of the armed forces.
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Direct Telephone Line with Belarusian Defence Minister
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On 31 March 2011, Belarusian Defence Minister Lt. Gen. Yuri Zhadobin will conduct a direct telephone line with the Belarusian people.
You can ask your question to the minister from 14.00 to 15.00 by dialing (8-017) 297-29-20.
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25 March 2011
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Observation Flight of Polish Mission
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On 28-30 May 2011, a Polish mission is to conduct an observation flight over Belarus and Russia on board the Ukrainian An-30B observation aircraft under the Open Skies Treaty. The aim of the flight is to verify military activities on the territories of the observed states.
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22 March 2011
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Delegation of Belarusian Defence Ministry Visiting Vietnam
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A delegation of the Belarusian Defence Ministry is paying an official visit to Hanoi, Vietnam. The delegation is led by Maj.Gen. Alexander Gura, Assistant Defence Minister for Ideological Work in the Armed Forces, Head of the Main Directorate for Ideological Work of the Belarusian Defence Ministry.
The Belarusian military have already met with Defence Minister of Vietnam Gen. Phung Quang Thanh and Head of the General Department for Politics of the Vietnam People's Army Lt. Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich. The parties have discussed the issues of international military cooperation.
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21 March 2011
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International Conference on Teaching Methods
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An international conference on teaching methods 'Development of linguistic competence in professional education: traditions, innovations and implementation of advanced teaching technologies' will be held at the Belarusian Military Academy on March 24-25, 2011.
The conference was initiated and arranged by the subdepartment of Russian language and culture of speech at the Belarusian Military Academy.
Lecturers from 24 Belarusian and Russian universities, as well as foreign under- and postgraduates studying in Belarus applied to participate in the conference. The total amount of applications submitted exceeds 160.
Proceedings of the conference include a plenary sitting, 8 working sections and exposition of electronic products designed for teaching Russian as a foreign language.
Conference information package will be published in June 2011.
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18 March 2011
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Belarusian Military Specialists to Inspect Specified Areas in Belgium and Germany
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On 21-24 March 2011, Belarusian inspectors are to conduct inspections of specified areas in Denmark and Germany under the 1999 Vienna Document.
The aim of the inspections is to confirm that no military activity, subject to preliminary notification under the provisions of the 1999 Vienna Document, is conducted in the specified areas.
The Belarusian inspection groups will also include inspectors from Russia. In their turn, Belarusian inspectors will take part in inspecting specified areas in Denmark and Germany as members of Russian inspection groups.
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12 March 2011
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Joint Advisory Group Session
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A session of the Belarusian-Russian Advisory Group for Arms Control will be held in Minsk on 14-15 March 2011.
During the talks the Russian delegation will be led by Col. Ruslan Shishin, head of the National Nuclear Threat Reduction Centre.
The session is expected to harmonise positions and joint actions of the two sides in the implementation of international treaties on arms control.
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10 March 2011
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Training Session
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Today the National Agency for Control and Inspections, Belarusian Defence Ministry, is to host a training session with Belarusian officers responsible for implementation of the Open Skies Treaty.
Among the participants of the session will be the representatives of the departments of the Defence Ministry, General Staff, a airspace management directorate of the Armed Forces, as well as the Air Force and Air Defence command.
The main aims of the training session are to improve the officers' theoretical knowledge within the framework of the Treaty and to study the guidelines for its implementation in Belarus.
During the session it is planned to summarize the results achieved by Belarus in the implementation of the Treaty in 2010 within Belarus - Russia group of member states, as well as to set tasks for 2011.
The representatives of the National Nuclear Threat Reduction Centre will take part in the session on the Russian side.
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International Dog Exhibition
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On 6-7 March, the Dinamo sports centre, Minsk, Belarus, hosted an international exhibition of dogs of all breeds. Dogs from the cynological centre of the Belarusian Armed Forces also took part in the exhibition. The aim of the exhibition was to determine the best dogs of all breeds.
Teams from Russia, Poland, Latvia, Finland, Ukraine and other countries participated in the exhibition.
Following the exhibition's results, the team of the cynological centre of the Belarusian Armed Forces was awarded the Best Belarusian Departmental Breeding Kennel cup.
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9 March 2011
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Training Session
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On 10 and 11 March 2011, the National Agency for Control and Inspections, Belarusian Defence Ministry is to host a training session with Belarusian officers responsible for implementation of the Open Skies Treaty.
During the session it is planned to summarize the results achieved by Belarus in the implementation of the Treaty in 2010 within Belarus - Russia group of member states, as well as to set tasks for 2011.
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4 March 2011
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Annual Meeting for Implementation Review of the Vienna Document 1999
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On 1 and 2 March 2011, Vienna, Austria hosted the 21th Annual Meeting for Implementation Review of the Vienna Document 1999 of the Negotiations on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures (CSBMs). The meeting focused on the practical aspects of the document's implementation by all the OSCE member states, as well as on prospects of updating its provisions. The Belarusian delegation was headed by Col. Oleg Gorbach, chief of the National Agency for Control and Inspections, Belarusian Defence Ministry.
Due to close and effective cooperation, Belarus and Russia have unified normative legal base, speeding and simplifying interstate redeployments of Belarusian military units, including those made to the Ashuluk range for firing practices.
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1 March 2011
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Portuguese Inspection Group to Visit Belarus
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On 2 March 2011, a Portuguese inspection group, headed by Col. Carlos Duarte, is to conduct an evaluation visit to the 336th MLRS brigade of the Belarusian Armed Forces under the 1999 Vienna Document of the Negotiations on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures.
The aim of the visit is to check the information, presented by Belarus to the OSCE member states regarding the personnel and main materiel. Besides two military inspectors from Portugal, the inspection group will include an inspector from Belgium.
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22 February 2011
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Discussing Prospects of Belarusian-Norwegian military cooperation
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On 21 February 2011, the conference hall of the international military cooperation directorate, Belarusian Defence Ministry, hosted a meeting between the directorate’s chief, Col. Igor Zarovkin, and Maj. Boye Garder Lillerud, new assistant to the defence attache at the Embassy of Norway in Russia. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the international military cooperation directorate (on the Belarusian side) and a member of the attache’s office, Kristian Tveit (on the Norwegian side).
The parties summarised the results of bilateral military cooperation over recent years and determined promising cooperation lines between the defence ministries of the two states.
Considering the experience, gained by Norway while participating in various UN peacekeeping missions, one of the key directions is developing cooperation in the sphere of peacekeeping.
On 22-23 February, Norwegian military diplomats and the attaches, accredited to the Belarusian Defence Ministry, will attend the celebrations of the Fatherland Defenders Day.
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17 February 2011
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Joint Staff Training of the Armed Forces
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Under the Belarusian Armed Forces Training Plan in 2011, a joint staff training of the Armed Forces is being held under the command of Maj. Gen. Pyotr Tikhonovsky, chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Defence Minister of Belarus.
The aims of the training are to improve the interoperability of command and control bodies, practice the employment of forces in providing the security of the Union State, as well as to prepare for the joint Belarus-Russian operational exercise.
The joint staff training will considerably increase the level of interoperability between command and control bodies, as well as improve officers' skills in decision making, task setting and planning within the regional joint force (RJF).
The commanders and their staffs will study the most difficult aspects of RJF's employment, simulating various military-political and military-strategic scenarios. The results of the training will be taken into consideration while preparing for the joint Belarus-Russian operational exercise and conducting it.
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16 February 2011
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Belarusian Inspection Group Visiting Estonia
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On 15-17 February, a Belarusian inspection group is conducting an evaluation visit to a military unit of the Estonian armed forces under the 1999 Vienna Document of the Negotiations on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures.
The aim of the visit is to check information, presented by Estonia to the OSCE member states under the 1999 Vienna Document regarding the personnel and main materiel of the unit.
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German Inspection Group Visiting Belarus
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On 15-18 February, a German inspection group is visiting Belarus under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE).
The inspectors will verify a military unit of the Belarusian Armed Forces (at their option), which is subject to control under CFE. The aim of the inspection is to verify the correspondence of provided information, regarding the unit's armament and equipment. Besides eight military inspectors from Germany, the inspection group includes an inspector from Italy.
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8 February 2011
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Delegation of International Red Cross Committee Visits Belarus
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On 7-8 February, a delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Belarus.
The members of the delegation met with the officials of the Belarusian Defence Ministry in order to discuss bilateral cooperation and to analyse the work of the Russian-language workshop held within the framework of the Senior Workshop on International Rules governing Military Operations (SWIRMO).
The parties signed a plan of bilateral cooperation between the Belarusian Defence Ministry and the Regional Delegation of the ICRC for 2011.
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Belarusian Inspection Group Visiting Poland
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On 8-10 February, a Belarusian inspection group is to conduct an inspection of a specified area in Poland under the 1999 Vienna Document of the Negotiations on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures. The aim of the inspection is to confirm that no military activity, subject to preliminary notification, is conducted in the specified area.
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31 January 2011
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Belarusian Inspection Group Visits Poland
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On 26 January, a Belarusian inspection group conducted an evaluation visit to a military unit of the Polish armed forces under the 1999 Vienna Document of the Negotiations on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures.
In the course of the visit the inspectors checked information presented by Poland to the OSCE member states under the 1999 Vienna Document regarding the personnel and main materiel of the unit.
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25 January 2011
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Delegation of Belarusian Defence Ministry Visiting NATO headquarters
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On 25 January, the representatives of the Belarusian Defence Ministry started their visit to the NATO headquarters under the Individual Partnership for Peace Programme of Belarus and NATO for 2010-2011. The delegation is headed by Maj. Gen. Pyotr Tikhonovsky, chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Defence Minister of Belarus.
The members of the Belarusian delegation will take part in the session of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Military Committee. The participants of the session will discuss the new NATO strategic concept, results of the Lisbon summit, as well as a number of issues connected with the currents activities of the organisation and its partner countries.
Belarus joined the Partnership for Peace programme in 1995. Today this programme is an integral part of the European security order. Currently the PfP, which was established in 1994, covers 22 partner countries, has a flexible structure and includes a number of initiatives, which help to adapt this programme to the peculiarities of a particular region or country.
As a PfP participant, Belarus conducts a constructive dialogue on all the burning security issues within the framework of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, which is an important direction of the national security.
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Delegation of Turkmenian Armed Forces Visiting Belarus
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On 24 January, a delegation of the Turkmenian armed forces arrived in Belarus. Under the agenda of the visit, the parties are to hold consultations on military planning and development, training of personnel for the armed forces and the work of the central command and control bodies.
The members of the Turkmenian delegation will also visit the departments of the Belarusian Defence Ministry and General Staff, Belarusian Military Academy, as well as the Scientific-Research Institute and cynological centre of the Belarus Armed Forces.
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18 January 2011
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Training Session with Officers Responsible for Implementing International Arms Control Treaties
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On 18-19 January, the National Agency for Control and Inspections is hosting a training session with the officers from the branches of the Belarusian Armed Forces, as well as from the operational (operational-tactical) commands, military units and establishments of the Belarusian Defence Ministry, who are responsible for implementing international arms control treaties.
The main goals of the session are to sum up the activities aimed at supporting the work of foreign inspectors in Belarus in 2010 and to set tasks for 2011.
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14 January 2011
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CSTO Members Discuss Activities of CSTO Joint Staff in 2011
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On 12-13 January, Maj. Gen. Pyotr Tikhonovsky, chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Defence Minister of Belarus, paid a working visit to Moscow.
Under the decision made by the Council of Collective Security in December 2010, Maj. Gen. Pyotr Tikhonovsky was appointed chief of the CSTO Joint Staff. During the visit he met with the personnel of the Joint Staff in order to specify the tasks for 2011.
Fulfilling the priorities, set forth by the President of Belarus at the Collective Security Council session in December, the Joint Staff under the command of Maj. Gen. Pyotr Tikhonovsky will accomplish the following tasks, aimed at enhancing the efficiency of CSTO's military component:
work out conceptual documents on the development of the collective security system and adjust the plan of coalition military development to contemporary conditions;
complete the establishment of permanent CSTO peacekeeping forces and start their joint training;
increase the level of combat readiness and interoperability of the national contingents in the Collective Rapid Reaction Force by implementing all the planned joint activities of operational and combat training, working out and implementing a task programme of equipping the forces with modern and compatible weapons;
improve the legal framework in the military-technical sphere and the procedure of rendering military-technical assistance to the CSTO member states that become subject to aggression and under the threat of aggression;
adjust the structure of the CSTO Joint Staff to the new tasks of the Organisation.
The implementation of these aims will improve the efficiency of CSTO' s military component, as well as of the Organisation as a whole. In the long term, it will increase CSTO's influence and its role in the international arena.
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Discussing International Military Cooperation
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On 13 January, the press centre of the Belarusian Defence Ministry hosted a meeting between students of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University, representatives of the Belarusian army and visitors from the Johns Hopkins University (USA).
During the meeting the officers of the international military cooperation directorate, Belarus Defence Ministry, held a briefing on our country's defence policy and answered the questions of foreign students about Belarus' cooperation with the OSCE and NATO.
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11 January 2011
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Belarusian Inspection Group to Visit US Army Military Unit
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On 12-14 January, a Belarusian inspection group is to conduct an evaluation visit to a military unit of the US armed forces located in Germany under the 1999 Vienna Document of the Negotiations on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures. The aim of the visit is to evaluate information, presented by the USA to the OSCE member states regarding the personnel and main materiel of the unit.
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Working Meeting of Belarusian and Polish Armed Forces Representatives
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On 11-14 January, Warsaw is to host a working meeting of the Belarusian and Polish armed forces representatives, dedicated to the evaluation of the implementation of the Agreement on the Additional Confidence- and Security-Building Measures to the 1999 Vienna Document. The Belarusian delegation will be headed by Col. Oleg Gorbach, chief of the National Agency for Control and Inspections.
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