05 December 2025, 16:38

Belarus condemns attempts to impose political scenarios at OSCE forum

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MINSK, 5 December (BelTA) – Attempts to impose reckless political scenarios on Belarus from abroad are doomed to fail, the Belarusian delegation stated during the closing session of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Vienna on 5 December, BelTA has learned.

According to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Belarusian delegation had to respond to the statements made by a number of states that refer to themselves as the so-called Group of Friends of Democratic Belarus.

“These statements are nothing more than a set of politicized clichés and double standards that misrepresent the real situation in Belarus,” the Belarusian diplomats noted. “Belarus is a sovereign, independent state. Our society, our legislation, our institutions are not subjects for external dictate. The Belarusian people can determine their own destiny. Belarusians have no need for the help of foreign ‘do-gooders’ in ‘preparing the country’s democratic future.’ Moreover, attempts to impose reckless political scenarios on Belarus from abroad constitute a direct violation of the principle of non-interference. These attempts are doomed to fail.”

“Those who today try to lecture Belarus on democracy and human rights have themselves long and consistently ignored their own obligations. We see mass protests, police violence, censorship, bans on parties, and criminal prosecution of dissenters in those very countries that have now attempted to act as ‘moral authorities.’ We do not accept moralizing from those who do not adhere to the principles they loudly proclaim at home,” the statement emphasized.

The Belarusian delegation noted: “The current policy of a number of Western states towards Belarus demonstrates their arrogant disregard for geopolitical reality, their preference to live in a self-made virtual world of their desires and fantasies, and their exaggerated perception of their own authority and capabilities. This plainly shows their shift from traditional diplomacy to chasing short-term political trends. This deprives these states of real political influence and the ability to be heard.”

Belarus called on its colleagues to abandon the existing practice that discredits both their own states and the organization. “We emphasize once again: Belarus is open to dialogue, but only respectful and equal dialogue. Blackmail, pressure, and manipulations under the guise of ‘human rights concerns’ not only fail to contribute to such dialogue but, on the contrary, ultimately destroy it. The Belarusian state will confidently continue to defend the country’s sovereignty, the interests of the Belarusian people, and their inalienable right to independently determine the country’s development path,” the Belarusian diplomats stated.

Photo courtesy of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs