A picture taken on Nov 20, 2019 shows a NATO flag at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, during a NATO Foreign Affairs ministers' summit. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)

MINSK - NATO has suspended practical cooperation with Belarus, the press service of Belarusian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

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Commenting on the information, Major General Viktor Gulevich, chief of the general staff of Belarusian Armed Forces and first deputy defense minister, said that Western countries violate international agreements on security and transparency of military activities, and the Vienna Document on Confidence and Security Building Measures.

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Gulevich called the end of the dialogue and practical cooperation between NATO and Belarus "the next unfriendly step" of European states.