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July 2023 - Belarus Special Weapons News
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- Russian Nuclear Weapons to Stay in Belarus Unless US, NATO Quit Hostile Policy - Diplomat Sputnik 31 Jul 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said in mid-June that Moscow had transferred the first part of the nuclear warheads to Belarus and would complete the task of moving tactical nuclear weapons by the end of the year.
- Iran, Belarus sign defense cooperation agreement IRNA 31 Jul 2023 -- Iranian and Belarusian defense ministers in a meeting in Tehran on Monday have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on defense cooperation.
- Iran, Belarus sign MoU to boost defense cooperation Press TV 31 Jul 2023 -- The defense chiefs of Iran and Belarus have signed a memorandum of understanding to improve cooperation in the defense sector.
- Minister of Foreign Affairs Tsahkna: Russian and Belarusian athletes cannot be allowed to participate in the Olympics under the veil of neutrality Estonia MFA 27 Jul 2023 -- Yesterday, on 26 July, with one year remaining until the Paris Olympic Games, the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian foreign ministers made a public appeal to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to stress that restrictions on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in international competitions must remain in place as long as the war against Ukraine continues.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs: participation of Russian and Belarusian citizens in sports events cannot be supported Latvia MFA 26 Jul 2023 -- At a time when Russia is waging and Belarus is supporting a full-scale military aggression against Ukraine, participation of Russian and Belarusian citizens in national and international sporting events cannot be supported.
- Joint statement by Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Foreign Ministers to the International Olympic Committee regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the upcoming Olympic Games beginning on July 26 next year in Paris Latvia MFA 26 Jul 2023 -- The Olympic Games in Paris will open exactly one year from today. We, the Foreign Ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania commend the recent confirmation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that Russia and Belarus will not receive formal invitations to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
- Russia And Belarus Not Among 203 Countries Invited To Paris Olympics RFE/RL 26 Jul 2023 -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has formally invited 203 countries to compete in the 2024 Paris Games, notably excluding Russia and Belarus from the list.
- Images Show More Military Equipment Gathered At 'Wagner Camp' In Belarus RFE/RL 26 Jul 2023 -- Military equipment and vehicles believed to belong to the private Wagner mercenary group continue to move to a site in the village of Tsel in eastern Belarus that is believed to be a site where troops from Yevgeny Prigozhin's company have settled after its aborted mutiny in Russia last month.
- Meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko President of Russia 23 Jul 2023 -- Vladimir Putin met with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in the Constantine Palace.
- Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko visited Kronstadt President of Russia 23 Jul 2023 -- Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko toured the Naval Glory Museum, a new facility that is part of the Island of Forts tourism and recreation cluster in Kronstadt. The presidents also visited the Stavropegial Naval Cathedral of St Nicholas and afterwards talked with people who had gathered in the nearby square.
- Belarus Announces Joint Military Maneuvers With Russia's Wagner Mercenaries RFE/RL 20 Jul 2023 -- Belarus says its soldiers have begun holding joint military maneuvers with fighters from Russia's Wagner mercenary group in the city of Brest, which lies on the border with NATO member Poland.
- Prigozhin Appears In Video Weeks After Aborted Mutiny, Says Wagner Is Quitting Ukraine RFE/RL 19 Jul 2023 -- Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led the Russian private Wagner mercenary group's aborted mutiny last month, has appeared in a video purportedly filmed in Belarus welcoming his fighters and saying they would be headed to Africa as the company was halting its involvement in Russia's war with Ukraine for the foreseeable future.
- Press release on the report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, The Most Resonant Human Rights Violations in Certain Countries Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 16 Jul 2023
- Wagner Troops Said To Enter Belarus As Mercenary Group's Future Still Uncertain RFE/RL 16 Jul 2023 -- A long convoy transporting Wagner troops entered Belarus from Russia on July 15, the independent Belarusian military monitoring project Belaruski Hayun reported.
- Wagner fighters reportedly training Belarus soldiers Press TV 14 Jul 2023 -- Belarus says fighters from the Wagner military group are training its troops at a base southeast of Minsk.
- UN HRC53: UK comment on Belarus resolution UK FCDO 13 Jul 2023 -- UK statement on the human rights situation in Belarus. As delivered by the UK's Ambassador to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley.
- Tsikhanouskaya Says Belarus Deserves To Be High On Agenda At NATO Summit RFE/RL 11 Jul 2023 -- Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya says she aims to voice her country's position on specific issues such as the transfer of Russian tactical nuclear weapons to Belarusian territory while attending the NATO summit in Vilnius.
- In a letter to NATO, the leaders of Lithuania, Poland and Latvia warn about the threat posed by developments in Belarus. President of the Republic of Lithuania 07 Jul 2023 -- President Gitanas Nausėda of Lithuania, President Andrzej Duda of Poland, and President Egils Levits of Latvia addressed a letter to the NATO Secretary General and to the Heads of State and Government of the Alliance, urging them to take action to counter the threats posed by Russia's aggressive actions and the evolving situation in Belarus.
- Belarus Dismantling Three Russian Training Grounds, Satellite Images Show RFE/RL 07 Jul 2023 -- Belarus appears to be dismantling tent camps on Belarusian territory used to train Russian soldiers, raising questions about whether Moscow is in need of more troops at the front to halt Ukraine's large-scale counteroffensive.
- Lukashenka Claims Wagner Boss Prigozhin Is In Russia, Not Belarus RFE/RL 06 Jul 2023 -- Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Russian mercenary group Wagner - who led a short-lived mutiny last month - is in Russia and not in Belarus, the leader of Belarus, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, claimed.
- Wagner Leader Back in Russia, Lukashenko Says VOA 06 Jul 2023 -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday that Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was no longer in Belarus and had returned to Russia.
- Son Of Former Would-Be Belarusian Presidential Candidate Sentenced To Eight Years RFE/RL 05 Jul 2023 -- The son of jailed Belarusian presidential hopeful Viktar Babaryka has been convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison on charges that he and other activists rejected as trumped up.
- Belarus Offers to Host Monks from Ukraine's Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Sputnik 04 Jul 2023 -- The Belarusian Orthodox Church on Tuesday offered to host monks faced with eviction by Ukraine from the historic monastic complex of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
- Greetings to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko President of Russia 03 Jul 2023 -- Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on the occasion of the republic's Independence Day.
- Lukashenka Urges Belarusians To 'Calm Down' Over Wagner Arrivals, As Tent Camp Springs Up In Belarus RFE/RL 01 Jul 2023 -- Belarus's internationally isolated leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka has urged Belarusians not to "worry" about the presumed arrival of Wagner mercenaries after their aborted mutiny in Russia, as satellite imagery emerged of a tent camp springing up in the east that RFE/RL's Belarus Service estimates could house around 15,000 soldiers.
- Lukashenko Confident Nuclear Weapons Stationed in Belarus Will Never Be Used Sputnik 01 Jul 2023 -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko expressed confidence on Friday that the tactical nuclear weapons stationed in Belarus would never be used, adding that they must nevertheless remain in the country.
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