Belarus is dealing with the issue concerning the acquisition of the antiaircraft-missile complex C-400 from Russia, reported to the BELTA correspondent Major-General Igor Azarionok, the Commander of the military air forces and ABM of Belarus.

“As any other military forces we are striving to improve our armament. We are now elaborating the issue of purchasing and delivering to Belarus various complexes, including the C-400”, - said Igor Azarionok.

“We are currently examining the C-400. It is a modern antiaircraft-missile complex, which might be suitable for replacing the existing complexes and allow withstand successfully the prospective means of air attacks. Therefore, such complexes are needed, of course, but on the other hand, the time for such means has not come yet”, - said the major-general.

We should remind that at the previous meeting of the Coordination Committee on the issues of ABM at the Council of the CIS Defence Ministers held in July in Moscow Russia voiced its readiness to supply the antiaircraft-missile complex C-400 to Belarus, given the Belarusian side decided to purchase it.

Material has been prepared by the Centre of Geopolitical Studies with reference to the article from «Салидарнасць» of 08 08 2010

For effective complex defence of Latvia, the establishment of a permanent division of the National Armed Forces has started in Latgale, reported the official website of the Ministry of Defence.

On 13 January a concert "Together to the victory" was held in Lithuania, where the audience decided to support Ukraine's defence and donated 110 thousand Euros.

Alexander Lukashenko on 9 January signed a decree № 8 "On the establishment of visa-free entry and exit of foreign nationals." The document establishes visa-free entry to Belarus for a period not exceeding 5 days at the entrance through the checkpoint "National Airport Minsk" for citizens of 80 countries, - reported the press service of the President of Belarus.