MINSK (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th November, 2020) Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said that next year, Belarusian-Russian exercises Zapad-2021 would be large-scale and would be held at five training grounds of the republic.
"It is our turn to host our Russian colleagues in 2021 ... This will be a large-scale exercise, it will be at five training grounds in Belarus," the minister said in an interview with Belarus 1 tv broadcaster.
Khrenin noted that the scale of the exercises would be larger than the Slavic Brotherhood-2020, which took place in the fall.
"The scale will be larger," the minister stressed.
According to the minister, Zapad-2021 will be preceded by a "huge" set of preparatory measures.
