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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.
He died in the intensive care unit of the local hospital.
