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Lukashenko eager to use PMC Wagner to defend Belarus

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MINSK, 6 July (BelTA) – If the private military company Wagner is deployed in Belarus, it may be used for defending the country. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko mentioned it as he met with reporters of foreign and Belarusian mass media, BelTA has learned.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “We will soon sort out whether they will be in Belarus or not and in what numbers. We will not hide this information. We will definitely inform the public about our further mutual relations with this unit.”

The president remarked that if Russia’s leadership and PMC Wagner decide it is necessary to deploy a certain number of fighters in Belarus for recreation and training, then he will honor his promise to accommodate them.

“I absolutely don’t worry and I am not concerned that a certain number of these fighters will stay in Belarus. Moreover, they will be accommodated under certain conditions. The key condition: if we have to use this unit to defend the state (if they come here), then the unit will be immediately used in any area. And their experience in Belarus will be in demand,” the head of state noted.

At the same time Aleksandr Lukashenko is convinced that the situation that happened with PMC Wagner in Russia cannot be repeated in Belarus. “As we say, it is useless to make wild guesses. But I don’t think that PMC Wagner will mutiny at some point and will turn its weapons against Belarusian authorities and the Belarusian state. All kinds of things happen in life. But I don’t expect such a situation today. You have to work with people,” he pointed out.

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