Belarus and Iran want to strengthen their military relations and conclude a strategic partnership. Lukaşnko received Pezeshkian at Minsk
Iran's president, Masoud Pezeshkian, received by Belarus president Aleksandr Lukaşnko, at Minsk. Photo credit: Belarusian Presidential Press Service / AP / Profimedia
Belarus and Iran, two countries that supported Russia's war in Ukraine, intend to deepen their bilateral relations in all areas, including defenses, presidents of the two states said in discussions on Wednesday, reports News.ro citing Reuters.
The State Agency in Belarus, Belta, said presidents Aleksandr Lukaşnko and Masoud Pezeshkian agreed to work on a strategic partnership treaty.
“Under conditions of geopolitical turbulence, Minsk and Tehran take consistent and balanced measures to continue to develop cooperation and make sustained efforts to transform each new challenge into a new opportunity,” said Lukaşnko.
“We are ready to discuss any problem, we have no taboo topics,” assured the leader from Belarus, adding that the two countries could collaborate in a series of fields, including “military-technical cooperation.”
Lukaşenko, a close ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, allowed Russia to use the territory of his country as a launching ramp for his large -scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and subsequently agreed to host Russian tactical nuclear missiles.
Iran provided Drone to Russia to be used in the war, and Pezeshkian signed a strategic cooperation treaty in January, although it does not include a mutual defense clause.
As Iran wants to help Belarus to “neutralize” Western sanctions
Both Iran and Belarus are under what Pezeshkian described as “illegal western sanctions.” Belta quoted by saying that Iran is ready to help Belarus “neutralize” such measures, mentioning that he has over 40 years of experience in this field.
Pezeshkian said that the two countries must strengthen their economic and other relationships at a level that corresponds to the high level of confidence between them.
“Of course, our common points of view should be implemented in the economic and cultural field, in the development of tourism between our countries and also, as you mentioned, in the development of military and technical cooperation,” Belta quoted Pezeshkian telling Lukaşnko.
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