Russia and Belarus will hold joint military exercises in the first quarter of 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
"As you suggested, we will hold it at the beginning of the year, the military will agree. In March, February, I don't know when they will decide," he said at a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.
This is how Putin reacted to Lukashenka's proposal not to stop joint exercises and to continue training the Belarusian military to work with new samples of equipment purchased in the Russian Federation, Interfax writes.
"There is no need to stop the exercise process. I know that you and your military are considering my proposals for exercises on the territory of Belarus. I would like these decisions to be made by you," Lukashenko said.
