The modern system of international security, formed in the second half of the 20th century, today is a mechanism that cannot cope with the challenges and threats that exist on the planet. Attempts by the United States and its allies to impose their will on the rest of the world have already led to many different conflicts, including in the Eurasian space, directly affecting Belarus. That is why the Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security
was forced to abandon the role of observer and take the most active part in the formation of new relations on the continent. This was confirmed by the second Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security, which was held in the Belarusian capital from October 31 to November 1.
The idea of holding such events has been with the Belarusian authorities for a long time, but Minsk began implementing it only after the start of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine when it became clear that the previous system of international relations was going down the drain. The need to hold a conference on Eurasian security in 2022 was first announced by Alexander Lukashenko. Speaking at the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Yerevan, he proposed uniting the allies' “think tanks” to ensure peace on the continent.
As a result, the first conference of this level was held in Minsk on October 26-27, 2023, attended by about 120 representatives of 30 countries, CIS bodies, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and the CSTO, who discussed “ways to overcome the crisis state of global and regional security systems.” True, Western countries officially ignored the conference, although Minsk and its partners urged them to take the event in the Belarusian capital more than seriously.
President Lukashenko Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security meeting held in the Belarusian capital [PHOTO: Social Media]This time, about 600 participants from almost 40 countries arrived in the capital of Belarus. Among them were representatives of the OSCE, CIS, SCO, the secretaries general of the CSTO, the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), the state secretary of the Union State, as well as numerous experts, including from Europe, for example, the analyst from Switzerland Ralf Bosshard and the head of the Geneva Institute of Multipolarity Guy Mettan.
The head of the Russian MFA Sergey Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjarto,........