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Lukashenko thanks Russian president for security guarantees to Belarus

Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin

ST. PETERSBURG, 23 July (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko thanked the Russian president for the security guarantees to Belarus, BelTA has learned.

"I would like to thank you. You are the first person in Russia who spoke about this openly and clearly. Aggression against Belarus will be like an attack on Russia. We take this into account in the construction of our Armed Forces," the head of state said during at the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg.

As BelTA reported with reference to TASS, at an operational meeting with permanent members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on 21 July, Vladimir Putin said that aggression against Belarus would be considered an attack on the Russian Federation. In this case, Moscow will respond with all means at its disposal.

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