MINSK, April 10. /TASS/. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, who is in Minsk on a working visit, plans to hold a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin, Head of the Department of International Military Cooperation of the Belarusian Defense Ministry Colonel Valery Revenko said on Monday.

"Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergey Shoigu arrived in Minsk for a brief working visit. In addition to a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, talks with Belarusian Defense Minister Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin are planned," Revenko wrote on his Twitter page.

Earlier on Monday, the BelTA news agency reported that Lukashenko and Shoigu were discussing security issues, in particular guarantees that in case of external aggression against the country, Russia would protect Belarus as its own territory.