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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Moscow, Minsk to Discuss Russian Airbase in Belarus

Su-35 FlankerA senior Russian defense official said Friday that talks will be held next month on the planned deployment of an airbase in Belarus.

Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov told reporters in Moscow that several potential locations have been identified in Belarus, but that further consultations were needed with the neighboring former Soviet nation's authorities.

The airbase would be Russia’s first on Belarusian territory in modern times and would consolidate defense cooperation under the auspices of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, defense officials in Moscow have said.

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