Why did the Russian army appear in Belarus?

2065438+On July 3, 2008, Belarus held a grand independence day parade in Minsk, the capital. At the invitation of the Ministry of National Defense of Belarus, the honor guard of the Chinese People's Liberation Army participated in the Independence Day military parade in Belarus for the first time. According to Russian media reports, Deutsche Welle recently asked the Ministry of Defence of Belarus to explain why soldiers of the 76th Airborne Assault Division and China participated in the military parade on July 3rd in Belarus. Subsequently, Vladimir makarov, director of the Belarusian Information Bureau, said that Deutsche Welle should not sow discord between Belarus and foreign countries, and that the country's military policy was very open, and Russian soldiers' participation in the parade on Belarus' Independence Day was completely in line with the development of Belarus-China relations. "Don't look for hidden contradictions between Belarus and its allies, read more China's philosophical works".

Belarus is located in Europe, bordering Russia in the east, Latvia and Lithuania in the northwest, Poland in the west and Ukraine in the south. Affected by geographical location, Belarus, like Ukraine, has always been a barrier between Russia and the European Union, which is related to Russia's core national interests and is also a strategic location that the European Union and western groups must compete for to squeeze Russia's living space. In this regard, Belarusians are well aware that although Russia and Belarus have become independent neighbors with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Belarus is more inclined to Russia in foreign policy. Moreover, Belarus is more shrewd in dealing with Russia than the stupid Ukrainian political forces.

As the focus of Russia's neighboring countries and western groups, Belarus is well aware of the sensitivity and danger of its foreign policy. Therefore, in foreign policy, Belarus has always adhered to the diplomatic attitude of being close to Russia in general but not completely dependent on Russia, and vigorously expanded cooperation with foreign powers and even EU countries. For many reasons, the cooperation between China and Belarus has a long history.

As an important industrial zone in the former Soviet Union, although the industrial base of Belarus is not perfect, it is obviously better. The machinery manufacturing industry, metallurgical processing industry, machine tool, laser technology and IT industry are also relatively developed, and its mobile rocket transportation, erection and launch vehicle (TEL) technology are unparalleled in the world. However, influenced by the Soviet economic development policy, light industry has never been Belarus' strong point. In addition, Belarus also has a great demand for attracting foreign investment. Under these factors, the deep cooperation between China and Belarus hit it off.

The cooperation between China and Belarus is mainly concentrated in the fields of military technology and economic development. Judging from the domestic situation of the two countries, China and Belarus choose these two areas to focus on development, which is a typical combination of strong and powerful, with complementary advantages. However, for those countries that have always been unwilling to see others feel better, the deep cooperation between China and Belarus is very annoying, as in the case of the Deutsche Welle incident.