Putin says Moscow has reached a deal with Belarus to station nuclear weapons there

Russia has reached an agreement with neighboring Belarus to place tactical nuclear weapons on its territory, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday.

Such a move would not violate nuclear non-proliferation agreements, Putin said, adding that the United States had stationed nuclear weapons on the territory of European allies.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has long raised the issue of the stationing of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which borders Poland, Putin said.

“We agreed with Lukashenko that we would place tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus without violating the non-proliferation regime,” Tass said quoting Putin.