MINSK, October 26. /TASS/. The actions of the West have led to a situation where no real European security currently exists, either as a factual matter or as a systemic reality, Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergey Aleinik said in Minsk at a high-level international conference titled "Eurasian Security: Reality and Prospects in a Transforming World."
"It must be acknowledged that European security today does not exist either as a factual matter or as a systemic reality. NATO members believe that they [are] under the umbrella of their alliance, which ignores all other structures and mechanisms that could provide a common security [architecture] for all. And [they are] not just ignoring them, but are trying to reduce their effectiveness. We can see this in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO - TASS here and henceforth)," he said.
Aleinik pointed out that the most important international documents enshrine the principle of the indivisibility of security, which has been "violated in Europe, resulting in catastrophic consequences." "In Eurasia, the importance of this principle of indivisibility of security is much better understood and realized. They have great respect for international law, [and the specific] national, religious and cultural features of each other," the Belarusian Foreign Minister said.
Future security architecture
Aleinik named the need to "strengthen existing international organizations and form new ones, such as the EAEU (Eurasian Economic Union), SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization), BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), and CSTO" as the solution for Eurasian countries' understandable fears for their security caused by aggressive Western actions.
Belarus has "already formulated the idea of preparing the Charter of Diversity for the 21st century," the Belarusian Foreign Minister recounted, noting that the countries of Eurasia and the Global South could develop such a document, with the Western countries also participating in this process.
"We should not forget about the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe), which, despite all of its shortcomings, is an integral element of the European and, consequently, Eurasian security system," Aleinik believes.
According to Aleinik, "it is necessary to strive to reach a serious summit of the heads of state [of countries] in the Eurasian space to discuss the future architecture of Eurasian security." "An architecture that would ensure lasting peace on our common large continent," Aleinik emphasized.