Belarus is able to launch the manufacturing of Sukhoi Su-25 floor assault plane, which “have proved to be environment friendly in Ukraine,” Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko informed Russian President Vladimir Putin throughout a gathering Friday, in line with Belarus state information company BelTA.
“As I used to be knowledgeable by the federal government, they’re prepared for the manufacturing of the Sukhoi Su-25 assault plane which have proved to be environment friendly in Ukraine. We’re even prepared to provide them in Belarus if the Russian Federation gives a bit little bit of technological assist,” Lukashenko informed Putin, in line with BelTA.
“You as soon as raised the query of cooperation in plane manufacturing within the Eurasian Financial Union,” Lukashenko stated, in line with BelTA. “So I ought to let you know that the Belarusians are already producing as much as a thousand element elements for the MC-21 [Russia’s medium-range narrow-body passenger aircraft] and Sukhoi Superjet 100 [Russia’s short-range narrow-body passenger aircraft].”
“We now have three factories: two navy and one civilian. They was restore retailers. Immediately they produce element elements,” Lukashenko stated, in line with BelTA.
The 2 met Friday at Putin’s official residence in Novo-Ogaryovo within the Moscow area, in line with the Kremlin.
Lukashenko claimed on Thursday there may be “no way” his country would send troops into Ukraine until it’s attacked, and stated Russia has “by no means requested” him to start out a joint struggle in Ukraine.
Talking at a small gathering of journalists from worldwide media, together with CNN, at Minsk’s Palace of Independence, Lukashenko ducked questions from international media about his nation’s complicity in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and as an alternative blamed the West for escalating the battle by sending weapons to Ukraine.
CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen and Zahra Ullah contributed to this publish.
