One of the journalists asked whether Belarus‘ efforts to ensure the openness of the military exercise were successful. “These efforts would be successful if our western partners did not attempt to artificially create tensions, if they had a genuine interest in obtaining the objective information about the exercise. We must regretfully state that there is no genuine and real interest,” Vladimir Makei said.
The minister added that Belarus has never posed a threat to its neighbors and has no intention to be a threat to anyone.

#Belarus‚ Foreign Ministry hosted briefing for representatives of diplomatic corps on #Zapad2017 pic.twitter.com/WB2q5LXEIP

— Belarus MFA 🇧🇾 (@BelarusMFA) 11. September 2017

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