{"id":290524,"date":"2024-07-03T08:04:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T08:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=290524"},"modified":"2024-07-05T07:57:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T07:57:46","slug":"nato-troop-deployment-near-belarus-amid-russia-ukraine-conflict-india-belarus-hold-first-consular-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=290524","title":{"rendered":"NATO troop deployment near Belarus amid Russia-Ukraine conflict; India-Belarus hold first consular dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction \u2013 July 2, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The deployment of NATO troops near its border has caused some alarm in Belarus. Particularly worrisome is the scale of the deployment, with as many as NATO 20,000 troops involved.<\/p>\n

Moscow and Belarus will see this in the context of NATO\u2019s expansion eastwards. Echoing concerns voiced earlier in May by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who said that NATO was \u201cpreparing for war\u201d with Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In August last year NATO member Poland announced plans to station up to 10,000 troops on its border with Belarus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now they appear to have been joined by forces from other NATO members in what may be a prelude to NATO opening another front against Russia. Ed.<\/p>\n

NATO troop deployment near Belarus amid Russia-Ukraine conflict; India-Belarus hold first consular dialogue<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Huma Siddiqu \u2013 The Financial Express via MSN July 2, 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, NATO has made a significant deployment of forces near Belarus. This move is likely to escalate tensions and expand the scope of the conflict. Belarus, a staunch ally of Russia, finds itself in a critical position due to its geographical proximity to Ukraine, Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania.<\/p>\n

According to Pavel Muravienko, the Chief of the Belarusian Army and Deputy Defense Minister, ten battalion tactical groups of NATO, led by the United States, are currently stationed along the Belarusian border. These battalions comprise around 20,000 soldiers, with six of them being American. Belarus has vehemently opposed this deployment, expressing significant concerns over the presence of American troops near its territory.<\/p>\n

Since the beginning of the Ukraine war, the relationship between Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin has strengthened. Lukashenko frequently visits the Kremlin, highlighting the close ties between the two leaders. Belarus participated in Russia\u2019s non-strategic nuclear exercises ordered by Putin. However, initial peace talks between Russia and Ukraine were held in Minsk, Belarus, though they did not yield any positive outcomes.<\/p>\n

In a further show of solidarity, Putin threatened to provide nuclear weapons to Belarus in response to the U.S. supplying arms to Ukraine and other anti-Russia nations. This highlights the growing military and strategic collaboration between Russia and Belarus amidst the conflict.<\/p>\n

The Deputy Defense Minister of Belarus has raised alarms over NATO\u2019s deployment, emphasizing efforts to understand and counter NATO\u2019s technology and tactics. This underscores Belarus\u2019s strategic positioning and its efforts to bolster its defenses amid rising tensions.<\/p>\n

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has also voiced concerns over Ukrainian military activities near the Belarus border. Peskov criticized the laying of landmines and the dispatch of reconnaissance aircraft into Belarusian airspace. He reiterated the close military coordination between Russia and Belarus, emphasizing that both countries\u2019 defense ministries are in constant communication to address these threats.<\/p>\n

India-Belarus Consular Dialogue<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Belarus officials have voiced alarm after NATO deploys ten battalion tactical groups, numbering more than 20,000 troops, near its border. Belarus is a close ally of Russia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-russia","category-ukraine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=290524"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290643,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290524\/revisions\/290643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=290524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=290524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=290524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}