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On Thursday, the head of state visited the Ministry of Defense.
The President is going to meet the command of the Belarusian Armed Forces.
It was published on the National Legal Portal on January 21 and took effect on 1 February.
Political scientist Yury Shautsou has expressed the opinion in an interview with Euroradio.
Belarus is in the 11th position out of 152 countries in the 2014 Global Militarization Index.
Belarus-born Major-General Andrei Raukou replaces Yury Zhadobin, a native of Ukraine, as a new defense minister of Belarus.
The president today signed a decree discharging the defense minister of his duties.
A Belarus Air Force MiG-29 fighter jet on Tuesday crashed in Liakhavichy district.
Two SU-25 air-to-ground attack aircraft were spotted by local residents when they were being transported to the overhaul facility in Baranavichy.
