Belarusian-Russian military cooperation
Belarus foreign minister Uladzimir Makey says the issue of Russian airbase is closed but can be returned to "if necessary."
It was organized by representatives of center-right parties and organizations.
The Russian MP tells Euroradio a Russian airbase is crucial for the Kremlin in the light of worsened relations with the West.
Putin’s spokesman Dmitri Peskov reckons military cooperation will be on agenda among other issues at the presidents' meet.
U.S. Ambassador to NATO says a Russian base in Belarus is not relevant to NATO, because there is already one in Kalinigrad.
The initiative group was formed in the city on 25 November. Signatures are collected on city streets, in shopping malls and stores
Moscow mulls over the deployment of 12 warplanes and 4 helicopters at a military base in Belarus.
The plan is designed for the next five years.
Minsk and Moscow will discuss the issue in the framework of military and technical cooperation of the two states.
