Belarus and Russia have revised their approaches to the use of nuclear weapons against the background of the emergence of weapons based on the latest technologies. According to Armenpress, Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Nazaruk said this in an interview with RIA Novosti. is a fixed measure. The degree of mutual security of our states is being increased.
Approaches to the use of nuclear weapons have been adjusted," he said. The deputy minister clarified that Moscow and Minsk are following the introduction of new technologies in the field of armaments and the use of weapons based on new physical principles, and this could not but affect the adjustment.
Nazaruk reminded that the session of the Supreme State Council of the Union State will be held in Minsk on December 6, during which Presidents Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko will discuss the draft of the Security Concept of the Union State and the Russian-Belarusian Agreement on Security Guarantees.
As noted by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the content of Russia's updated nuclear doctrine is fully synchronized with those documents. On November 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree confirming the updated nuclear doctrine, the foundations of state policy in the field of nuclear deterrence. The document included provisions that allow Russia to exercise nuclear deterrence even in the event of attacks against Moscow's allies.
