Russian nuclear weapons may be deployed in Belarus.

       Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the relevant statement in an interview with Dmitry Kiselyov, Director General of the Russian state news agency MIA Rossiya Segodnya, BelTA has learned. The Belarusian head of state reacted in this way when he was asked about a recent statement by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg regarding the possible deployment of nuclear weapons in Eastern Europe. According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, those may be the nuclear weapons that will be most effective in such an engagement. He also added that Belarus had not destroyed the USSR infrastructure for nuclear weapons in the country. The Belarusian President also pointed out that in view of NATO military exercises in neighboring countries it is necessary to have plans and forces, units of the Belarusian army, which will respond to any attempt to start a conflict here.