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Belarus’ defense ministry expects to strengthen cooperation with Pakistan significantly

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Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin and his counterpart in Pakistan, Khawaja Asif, met to discuss deepening military cooperation between the two nations. Discussions covered expanding military contacts, sharing expertise, and reviewing various areas of bilateral cooperation, including automotive industry links and personnel training. The ministers agreed to meet at an upcoming SCO event in China to discuss preliminary agreements.

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“MINSK, June 4. /TASS/. Belarus aims to intensify and broaden military cooperation with Pakistan soon, Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin told his counterpart Khawaja Asif during an official visit to Pakistan.”
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The claim reports specific details from a TASS report regarding a meeting between Defense Ministers Khrenin and Asif. The provided evidence only contains a general Wikipedia page listing current defense ministers, which does not confirm the specific meeting, date, or content mentioned in the claim. Since no independent sources or web searches corroborated the specific event, the verdict is single_source based on the initial report structure, but the evidence provided is insufficient to corroborate it.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of current defence ministers of the 193 United Nations member states, Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine. Defence ministers of sovereign countries with limited recogniti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_defence_minist…
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“Asif said Pakistan has been a major peacekeeping participant for many years and is ready to cooperate in this area.”
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The claim attributes specific statements regarding Pakistan's peacekeeping role to Khawaja Asif. The evidence provided only contains general Wikipedia profiles for politicians related to Pakistan's defense ministry (Khawaja Asif, Khawaja Muhammad Safdar, Musarrat Asif Khawaja) but does not contain the specific statement attributed to him regarding peacekeeping readiness.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Khawaja Muhammad Asif (born 9 August 1949) is a Pakistani politician who has served as the Defence Minister of Pakistan since 2022, having previously served in the post from 2013 to 2017. He has been …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khawaja_Asif
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Khawaja Muhammad Safdar (died 1991) was a Pakistani politician and diplomat who was a member of the Pakistan Muslim League. He was the father of Pakistan's incumbent Minister of Defence, Khawaja Asif.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khawaja_Muhammad_Safdar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Musarrat Asif Khawaja is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 29, 2024, and having this post previously from August 2018, to till August 10,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musarrat_Asif_Khawaja
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“The ministers agreed to meet soon at an SCO event in China to discuss preliminary results of the agreements.”
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The claim states an agreement to meet at an SCO event in China. The evidence provided contains general information about the SCO (e.g., the 2025 Tianjin Summit) but does not confirm that the Belarusian and Pakistani ministers specifically agreed to meet at such an event.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The SCO Tianjin Summit 2025 was the 25th Heads of State Council meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which was held from 31 August to 1 September 2025, in Tianjin, China. It was the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Tianjin_SCO_summit
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Shehbaz Sharif during his first term as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from April 2022 to August 2023 and his second term from …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_prime_mi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is an international alliance that consists of 10 member states and 2 observers from Eurasia. It was established on 26 April 1996 as the Shanghai Five. In ad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Shanghai_…
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“According to the press service, military relations, their state and directions of development were reviewed.”
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The claim describes a review of military relations. No evidence was found in the provided sources (cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia) to confirm this specific review took place.
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“The ministers discussed cooperation between the automotive industry of Belarus and the Pakistani economy and the establishment of air links between the two countries.”
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The claim discusses discussions on automotive cooperation and air links. No evidence was found in the provided sources to confirm these discussions.
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“The parties also touched upon bilateral cooperation in the framework of personnel training and education.”
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The claim discusses bilateral cooperation in personnel training and education. No evidence was found in the provided sources to confirm this discussion.
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“Khrenin discussed the expansion of military contacts with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.”
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The claim mentions Khrenin discussing expansion of military contacts with PM Shehbaz Sharif. No evidence was found in the provided sources to confirm this discussion.
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“The minister thanked the host country "for training Belarusian military personnel in peacekeeping courses of various kinds at the Center for International Peace and Stability of the National University of Sciences and Technology of Pakistan."”
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The claim details thanking Pakistan for training Belarusian personnel at a specific center. No evidence was found in the provided sources to confirm this statement or event.
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“Sharif reportedly noted that Pakistan is open to developing all areas of cooperation with Belarus of mutual interest, and emphasized the importance of peace initiatives for his country.”
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The claim reports on Shehbaz Sharif's statements regarding cooperation. While evidence exists regarding his trips and Pakistan's general foreign policy, the specific quotes or emphasis mentioned in the claim could not be verified.
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