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The new Belarusian defense minister, Yury...
28 NATO countries voiced concern over the size and the scenario of the exercises. However, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in October 2009 that the exercises did not pose any threat to NATO members.Earlier this month, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko ordered efforts to speed up work to draft a new national security concept citing global political and economic challenges.
Though he said much work had been done jointly with Russia in defense and security, including the Zapad 2009 drills, he insisted that more was left to be done.
MINSK/MOSCOW, January 29 (RIA Novosti)
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