MINSK, 23 May (BelTA) – The UN Security Council structures and the OSCE Permanent Council have turned into places of accusations, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said at the international forum “Eastern Europe: In Search of Security for All” in the Belarusian capital on 23 May, BelTA has learned.
“Look at what sessions of the UN Security Council and the OSCE Permanent Council have turned into. The organizations designed to primarily address issues of peace and security have turned into places of accusations where you hear only words of hatred and threats,” Vladimir Makei said.
The minister is convinced that these organizations must be aimed at finding ways to achieve peace and well-being for all countries and peoples.
The international forum “Eastern Europe: In Search of Security for All” is underway as part of the Minsk Dialogue initiative in the Belarusian capital on 23-25 May.
Minsk Dialogue Forum 2018 will represent the next milestone in the initiative's development. It will launch a large annual gathering of leading experts from Eastern Europe, the EU, Russia, the United States, and China. The forum will provide a new platform for discussions about the present and the future of the regional and international security.
The conference will be attended by 350 experts and officials from more than 40 countries. Speakers will include OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger, Deputy Assistant of NATO Secretary General James Appathurai, former CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha, Director General of the Permanent International Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States Maira Mora, and former Chairperson of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Christine Muttonen.
