MOSCOW. Oct 30 (Interfax) - NATO's increasing military activity and military buildup near the borders of Russia and Belarus suggest that Western nations have aggressive intentions, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Alexei Shevtsov said on Wednesday.
"The Western nations' aggressive intentions have become evident with NATO member countries continuously intensifying military activity near the borders of our countries, with the buildup of military contingents, the development and upgrading of military infrastructure, the increasing number of offensive exercises of the alliance, and all intelligence tools getting significantly more active," the Security Council's press service quoted Shevtsov as saying in its statement.
Speaking at a conference in Minsk, Shevtsov said that implementing the two countries' joint policy in international affairs, in the field of defense and security and in terms of protecting Russian and Belarusian population and economic cooperation "becomes particularly important."
"Participants in the conference discussed relevant aspects of the international and regional situation and the impact of the latter on Belarus and Russia, Russian-Belarusian cooperation, and key security focus areas for the Union State," the Security Council's press service said.
The subjects discussed at the conference included the new concept of the Union State's security, which will be submitted for approval by the Russian and Belarusian presidents, it said.
"Shevtsov said in his speech at the conference that the need for preparing the concept was dictated by the unprecedented changes in the global geopolitical situation, growing threats to the Union State's security, primarily from the U.S. and other Western countries," it said.
On Wednesday, Minsk hosted the international conference "The Union State security concept in the context of global geopolitical transformation."