[4] Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Belarusian Army Pyotr Tikhanovsky [be] noted that there was no unified air defense system in Venezuela, there were only separate units.

[5] In December 2007, the leaders of the two countries signed an agreement in Caracas to supply Venezuela with two unified command centers, one for air defense and the other for electronic warfare.

It was necessary to build a new defense system, install existing weapons in it and purchase the necessary new ones while explaining everything to the Venezuelan colleagues.

[3] Within the framework of the program for the protection of especially important objects on the territory of Venezuela created the bases of the deployment of the Tor and Pechora-2M air defense systems.

[8] The Venezuelan authorities have signed contracts with military enterprises not only of Belarus but also of Russia, China, and Iran.