Putin Approves Russia-Belarus Security Guarantees Agreement
Russian soldier at the Novaya Guta checkpoint, 2025. X/ @TheGreyPatriot_
February 28, 2025 Hour: 2:05 pm
It considers nuclear weapons as a deterrence instrument in response to NATO’s advancement toward the borders.
On Friday, President Vladimir Putin signed the law ratifying the Security Guarantees Agreement for Belarus, which he had sealed on December 6, 2024, in Minsk.
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In early February, this agreement was subsequently submitted to the Russian State Duma for approval. Now, the document has been published on the Russian state legal information portal.
The agreement considers nuclear weapons as a “deterrence instrument” in response to NATO’s advancement toward the borders of the Russia-Belarus Union State.
It also stipulates the use of such weapons in the event that an enemy employs the same type of armament or weapons of mass destruction against both countries or threatens their sovereignty and territorial integrity with conventional weaponry.
The Russia-Belarus agreement regards an attack on either of the two countries as an act of aggression against the Union State, requiring a response with all available arsenal.
After signing the agreement with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the end of 2024, Putin indicated the possibility of deploying Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missiles in Belarusian territory in the second half of 2025.
At that time, Putin affirmed that his country is prepared to defend Belarus “with all forces at its disposal,” including the tactical nuclear weapons that Moscow deployed in the neighboring country following the start of the war in Ukraine.
On January 26, Lukashenko was re-elected for a seventh five-year presidential term in Belarus, a country considered by NATO as an accomplice in Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine.
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Source: EFE
