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Training session in progress for Belarusian, British peacekeepers in Vitebsk Oblast

Photo courtesy of the Defense Ministry

MINSK, 2 March (BelTA) – The joint Belarusian-British training session Winter Partisan began in the exercise area Losvido of the 103rd Vitebsk Independent Airborne Brigade on 2 March, BelTA has learned.

The event has been organized as part of Belarus-UK cooperation in training peacekeeping personnel. It is particularly important from the point of view of the plans to expand Belarus’ participation in UN peacekeeping efforts. The training session is not part of some multilateral exercise. Such events have been organized together with the British side in the two countries regularly since 2018.

As many as 28 soldiers from the 42nd Marine Battalion of the UK armed forces are taking part in the training session. The Belarusian side is represented by the peacekeeping company of the 103rd Independent Guards Airborne Brigade.

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