Parliament of Armenia's CSTO ally Belarus adopts a military doctrine banning Belarusian army's participation in armed operations abroad

 The House of  Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus adopted in the  first reading a bill "On Approval of Military Doctrine of the  Republic of Belarus".  

Defense Minister of Belarus Andrey Ravkov says that the new military  doctrine of the CSTO member state implies a ban on the participation  of the Belarusian army in the armed operations abroad. "There will  never be such participation in the military operations abroad," the  minister says.  

To note, Belarus is a CSTO member state along with Russia, Armenia,  Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.