MINSK, 26 February (BelTA) - After victory in the Cold War individual countries began to disregard the principle of equal and indivisible security, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov said as he addressed the high-level segment of the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on 26 February, BelTA has learned.
“Why has the paradigm of disarmament and security based on trust and cooperation been replaced by confrontation and a new arms race? The answer is obvious. Because, perhaps most importantly, individual countries sensed victory in the Cold War, began to disregard the principle of equal and indivisible security, arrogantly ignoring the legitimate concerns of other countries,” Maksim Ryzhenkov said.
All this was the trigger for an unprecedented escalation of inter-state contradictions. This led to the paralysis of the Conference on Disarmament and the dismantling of key agreements on disarmament and arms control.
“This led to the conflict in Ukraine, which is being projected not only into the European region, but has also led to the exacerbation of crises, including economic crises, in other regions of the world,’ the minister noted.
“Why has the paradigm of disarmament and security based on trust and cooperation been replaced by confrontation and a new arms race? The answer is obvious. Because, perhaps most importantly, individual countries sensed victory in the Cold War, began to disregard the principle of equal and indivisible security, arrogantly ignoring the legitimate concerns of other countries,” Maksim Ryzhenkov said.
All this was the trigger for an unprecedented escalation of inter-state contradictions. This led to the paralysis of the Conference on Disarmament and the dismantling of key agreements on disarmament and arms control.
“This led to the conflict in Ukraine, which is being projected not only into the European region, but has also led to the exacerbation of crises, including economic crises, in other regions of the world,’ the minister noted.
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