The decision is part of the intergovernmental agreements on the joint protection of the borders of the Unified State, the bi-national integration scheme promoted by Moscow and Minsk since the mid-90s of last century.
The agreement also has to do with the steps taken by senior military officers of the two countries to build a powerful and effective Russian-Belarusian air defense system.
According to the note, the document must regularize intergovernmental mechanisms for establishing the base area in the territory of Belarus and the coordination between the two armies to defend sovereignty and territorial integration, fighting external aggressions.
After being signed, the agreement must be ratified by the parliaments of the two countries and promulgated by the presidents.
Russia and Belarus are finalizing the implementation of the single air defense system by the end of 2016, according to statements by the deputy minister of Aerospace Forces Lieutenant General Pavel Kurachenko.
Other Russian military bases, inherited from the former Soviet Union, are located in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Russia is also negotiating the installation of antiaircraft regions within the format of the Collective Security Treaty, composed of the aforementioned former Soviet republics.
The only military base outside the post-Soviet space is nestled in the Mediterranean port of Tartus, in Syria.
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