Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko received State Secretary of the Security Council Andrei Ravkov, Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin and Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Deputy Head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus Pavel Tikhonov on 30 March, BelTA has learned.

“As we have agreed earlier, I would like to discuss a number of matters with you. These matters go beyond the state of things in our army. One of these matters was discussed last year. This is the response to the developments near our borders, the NATO exercise Defender-Europe 20,” the head of state said.