Lukashenko approved decisions on state border protection in 2024
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has approved decisions on the protection of the state border by border guard agencies, as well as in the airspace in 2024, BelTA reports.
As noted in his report by the Chairman of the State Border Committee, Major General Konstantin Molostov, all orders and instructions given by the head of state to the border guard agencies in 2023 have been fulfilled. The situation on the state border remains stably tense, but at the same time predictable and controlled.
"The situation on the state border and in the border space is stably tense today. There is a certain decrease, primarily related to weather conditions - flows of illegal migration are slightly decreasing. We see military challenges emanating from neighboring countries and recognize them in a timely manner. We react in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, the State Security Committee, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs," said the Chairman of the State Border Committee.
In 2024, priority efforts in border protection will focus on carrying out measures to identify and suppress challenges and threats to the national interests of Belarus in the border space, ensuring the visa-free regime for citizens of Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland, and further enhancing the engineering development of the state border.
The construction and commissioning of new border unit complexes and border infrastructure facilities will continue, as will the further development and equipping of mobile groups with modern weapons and equipment. Priority is also given to improving the combat and professional training of border guard agencies, the training material and technical base, and the further development of the officer training system.
Regarding the protection of the state border in airspace, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces - First Deputy Minister of Defense, Viktor Gulevich, stated that a grouping of NATO air forces has been concentrated near the Belarusian state border. This was done, among other things, as part of the "Safe Podlasie" operation. Of course, such a presence affects the protection of the Belarusian state border in airspace, increasing risks and challenges, emphasized the Chief of the General Staff.
"The Armed Forces (of Belarus. - BELTA's note) are taking additional measures to enhance the radar field, the forces and means of radio-technical troops, and the forces and means of electronic warfare, which can successfully carry out measures to detect intruder aircraft and to influence them," he noted.
According to the Chief of the General Staff, the number of provocations in airspace remains at the same level. At the same time, the equipping of Belarusian radio-technical troops with new models of equipment and armament, both domestically produced and received from Russia, enhances the capabilities of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces to detect both provocations and possible accidental violations. "We can track them, document them, and present claims to neighboring countries, which, I hope, do so accidentally rather than intentionally," said Viktor Gulevich.
Source: belta.by