Defense pact with Minsk, also tactical nuclear weapons:Putin

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, DEC 6 - The new security treaty between Russia and Belarus authorises "the use of all available forces," including "Russian tactical nuclear weapons" deployed on Belarusian territory, in the event of a threat to "the sovereignty, independence, and constitutional order of Russia and Belarus, as well as the integrity and inviolability of the two countries' territories." Russian President Vladimir Putin made the remarks while speaking with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk at a meeting of the Supreme Council of the Union State, the two countries' alliance body.
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