Following the report, to the tune of the Central Band of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus playing inspection tunes, both the parade commander and the Defense Minister then review the parade mounted in their vehicles and the Minister, once the vehicles stop upon each company of troops assembled, then congratulates them on the holiday.

After this, the defense minister's car heads to the central tribune to the tune of Motherland My Dear (Радзіма мая дарагая) so that the minister can report to the president on the readiness of the parade once his limousine stops in front of the presidential grandstand, following which he disembarks and arrives there, following which the parade is ordered at ease.

At the end of the speech, My Belarusy is played by the Central Band of the Armed Forces, with a 21-gun salute being fired in the background.

The order now concluded, the parade then marches off in quick time with the drummers of the Corps of Drums of the Minsk Suvorov Military School setting the pace.

As the Corps' bandmaster orders the halt, the massed bands start playing a military march (usually Letter from the 45th by Igor Luchenko as the first song) as he salutes while the drummers swing on the eyes right position.

The drummers are just the first of the large ground column of an estimated 2,900 service personnel that marches past the presidential grandstand.

Following the drill routine, the massed bands sing Our Fatherland's Flag (Айчыны нашай сцяг) before marching off the avenue, officially closing the parade.

[3] The Honor Guard of the Armed Forces of Belarus also participates in the parade and the end as part of a finale, instead of the ground column.

It was also the first time the Honor Guard of the Armed Forces of Belarus performed an exhibition drill at an independence day parade.

[21] It saw the participation of some 3,000 troops, an air show involving more than 40 civilian and military helicopters and aircraft (including a recently leased Boeing 737)[21] as well as tractors and trucks carrying household appliances, refrigerators and television sets.

[22] Among the dignitaries in attendance was Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Nikolai Bordyuzha, State Secretary of the Union State Pavel Borodin, Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee Vladimir Rushailo, Nobel laureate Zhores Alferov, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova.

[32][33] It was commanded by Sergei Potapenko and included about 6,000 people and 500 vehicles, featuring the planes such as the MI-24, Yak-130 combat aircraft, and MIG-29 in the flyover.

[38] On June 26, a tank that took part in that day's dress rehearsal crashed into a tree and knocked down a lamppost in Independence Avenue in Minsk.

[37][42] Breaking with a 5-year precedent, the military did not invite paratroopers from the Russian 76th Guards Air Assault Division to participate in the parade.

[59][60] In attendance was Azerbaijani defense minister Zakir Hasanov, Commander of the Russian Western Military District Viktor Astapov, and Uzbek army chief Pavel Ergashev.

The parade included units from Azerbaijan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikstan and Uzbekistan.