MOSCOW, 8 December (BelTA) - A clear desire for revenge is evident in Europe, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Igor Sergeyenko said at the joint meeting of the Council and the 18th plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Moscow on 8 December, BelTA has learned.
"Peace and security are perhaps the most important values for a person, regardless of where they live. The 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, which we are marking this year, reminds us once again not only of the feat of the Soviet people, who saved the planet from the Nazi plague, but also of the horrors and inhuman suffering concealed by the short but terrible word ‘war’. Today’s events reveal an abyss between the aspirations of ordinary people and the policies pursued by the current leadership of European countries. The disregard for the principle of indivisible security, the arms race, and inappropriate talk about the inevitability of a new war in Europe -behind this, a clear desire for revenge is evident,” said Igor Sergeyenko.
“As Belarusian President Aleksandr Grigoryevich Lukashenko said at the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security, there is a growing impression that Europe does not want peace. They have come to believe that building up military potential will ensure their security. However, historical experience, as well as the level of development of modern weaponry and its lethal potential, indicate that it will not. The path of saber-rattling, threats, and border closures is a dead end,” the chairman of the House of Representatives stressed.
Igor Sergeyenko noted that the only alternative for humanity is honest and open dialogue, the development of mechanisms and guarantees for collective security, and the formation of a world order with the direct participation of the global majority. “Yes, it is difficult today to convince European politicians of the futility of trying to preserve their dominant position, their claimed right to unilaterally determine the fates of entire continents,” he said. “But, as they say, everything in its own time. Life itself and the objectively unfolding processes will correct them.”
The head of the Belarusian delegation pointed out that in NATO countries and among their allies, dissatisfaction with the current course is growing, as evidenced by numerous civil protest actions. “The once economically powerful European Union is turning into a kind of mini-NATO, preoccupied with finding money to satisfy the needs of the military-industrial complex. The energy crisis, production decline, capital flight, and the overloading of the social system with migration and military expenditures - all this is a direct consequence of such a policy,” he said.
“People want peace, stability, and prosperity, but they are being offered price increases, job cuts, reductions in wages and benefits, and, in the long run, languishing in the trenches of a senseless war,” Igor Sergeyenko added.
In his words, Belarus has something to offer those politicians who genuinely think about national interests and the future of their peoples. “The idea of peaceful joint development is embodied in the Belarusian-Russian initiative, the Eurasian Charter for Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century. It fully reflects the interest of many states in creating a common space of trust and mutual understanding. I am confident that further work to advance the concept of the Charter can become a solid foundation for our cooperation with many countries. It is also in harmony with the proposals of the president of Russia to hold an international expert forum next year dedicated to building an architecture of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia,” the chairman of the House of Representatives said.
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