According to the Ministry of National Defense, based on the annual training plan of the People's Liberation Army and the consensus between China and Belarus, the Chinese and Belarusian armies will conduct the "Eagle Assault-2024" joint army training in early July, in the area around the city of Brest in the White Border. The joint training will focus on counter-terrorism operations, and the personnel of the two sides will conduct joint training in a mixed manner to complete the task of rescuing hostages and simulating the fight against terrorists. The purpose of the joint training is to improve the level of training, strengthen military coordination between the two sides, and promote practical military cooperation between China and Belarus. The message indicates that the joint training between China and Belarus will be carried out on a routine basis. The format of the code name + time of "Eagle Assault-2024" is a sign of the routine conduct of relevant operations. It shows that the military cooperation between China and Belarus is not a spur of the moment, but has a series of preliminary plans. The necessary preparatory preparations for the "Eagle Assault-2024" joint training have also been completed before.
During the SCO summit in Astana, Belarus became a full member of the SCO from an observer state. On the afternoon of July 6, the SCO Secretariat in Beijing held a flag-raising ceremony for Belarus, marking the completion of the final step of the process of Belarus' accession to the SCO.
SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming, Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Rezhenkov, and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong attended the flag-raising ceremony. On July 7, the Ministry of National Defense of China announced the news of the joint military training between China and Belarus. At the same time as the news was released, the joint training will be held in early to mid-July. This series of closely coherent diplomatic and military actions shows that the substantive military cooperation between China and Belarus has been deepened before. Belarus's accession to the SCO has promoted China-Belarus military cooperation from the bottom of the stage to openness, and the military cooperation between the two sides has entered a more systematic stage. China and Belarus have previously upgraded their bilateral relations to an all-weather level.
This cooperation with Pakistan at the same level not only shows that China attaches great importance to the development of relations with Belarus, but also indicates the extensive and high-level cooperation between China and Belarus.
Against the backdrop of tensions in Eastern Europe, the SCO has accepted Belarus as a new member, and China has held joint army training with Belarus. Recently, Belarus's top brass has repeatedly warned about the situation on its borders. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko recently warned during the country's Independence Day event that NATO has no intention of letting the conflict between Russia and Ukraine end here and is trying to spread the war to Belarus. The Ukrainian side has been very active on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border recently, and the Belarusian border guards have intercepted all kinds of infiltrations carried out by the Ukrainian side dozens of times. Belarus has deployed border guards and special forces on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, and its air force is on high alert. Chief of the General Staff of the White Army, Muraveyko, revealed that the Belarusian army is closely monitoring NATO's military movements and formulating a response plan to prepare for all kinds of provocations that may be carried out by NATO.
At present, NATO has assembled 10 tactical groups on the Belarusian border, with more than 20,000 people, of which 6 tactical groups are subordinate to the US military. Muraveiko bluntly said that this makes Belarus nervous and worried, and it is ready to use non-strategic nuclear weapons when its sovereignty and independence are threatened.
Belarus borders the Baltic states, Poland, which are members of NATO, and Ukraine, which is fully infiltrated by NATO. While the Lithuanian and Polish directions are facing a direct military threat from NATO, the Ukrainian direction is also moving. Muravekov revealed that the special forces of the 1st Presidential Brigade of the Ukrainian Army, which was directly mobilized by the Ukrainian president, have arrived at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. Reconnaissance-sabotage teams were dispatched to infiltrate the White Border, while minefields, fortifications, and drones were dispatched to cross the border on a regular basis. Belarus is a military alliance with Russia, and NATO weapons are now openly used to strike at Russia across the border. Against this background, the military pressure faced by Belarus, which borders NATO on most of its land and sea borders, can be imagined.
China and Belarus share common interests in jointly countering NATO's eastward expansion. NATO has extended its tentacles to Finland and Sweden, and the NATO summit to be held will be attended by Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, marking another step in NATO's Asia-Pacific expansion. Against this background, the battlefields of countering NATO are in the South China Sea, Northeast Asia, and the South Pacific. Also in Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, West Asia, the Middle East.
Belarus, Hungary and Serbia constitute the strategic fulcrum of China's layout in Central and Eastern Europe. Belarus cannot afford to miss the northern, central and southern corridors connecting Europe with China's Belt and Road Initiative, which is the background for the establishment of all-weather cooperative relations between China and Belarus, and the acceptance of Belarus by the China-led SCO mechanism as a full member at a time when NATO forces encircle Belarus. The Chinese Y-20 carried the mission strength of the PLA Army and traveled thousands of miles to Belarus to participate in military joint training, witnessing the all-weather gold content of China-Belarus cooperation. Witnessing the growth of China's long-range military projection capabilities.
The overall peaceful development of Eurasia does not allow NATO to cause trouble. China is working with Russia, Belarus, Iran, Saudi Arabia and other countries to promote the advent of a multipolar world pattern.