MINSK, 31 October (BelTA) – Addressing the 2nd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security on 31 October, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said what needs to be done first and foremost to de-escalate tensions in the world, BelTA has learned.
“We will not stand aside,” the president said responding to those who are worried about the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus. “Keep in mind that we have recently (I remember this) withdrawn strategic weapons, the most advanced ones that are currently in Russia’s service, and this was primarily the demand of the United States,” Aleksandr Lukashenko recalled.
“Second. It is necessary to stop imposing illegal sanctions bypassing the UN Security Council. It is also crucial to create an effective mechanism of international legal guarantees that will make the use of this kind of pressure impossible,” the president continued.
“I remember the extensive guarantees given to us, Ukraine and Kazakhstan by superpowers in Budapest (I was a participant). They wanted us to give up our nuclear weapons, they explicitly promised not to use economic pressure and sanctions. What do we see now?” Aleksandr Lukashenko asked rhetorically.
The third step proposed by the Belarusian side concerns the development of a new contractual and legal mechanism to create a transparent and understandable regime to prevent new deadly technologies capable of destroying all of humanity even without nuclear weapons: lasers, hypersonics, quantum and electromagnetic systems and other advanced solutions with under-studied properties. For example, research in the field of artificial intelligence is now in full swing. Back when this process was just gaining traction, Aleksandr Lukashenko expressed concern about it, since even experts still do not have a clear understanding of the level of safety and global consequences of such technologies for humanity.
It is also important to strengthen cyber security, and this is what the fourth initiative is about. “In the cyber sphere, an entire industry is developing uncontrollably. It is aimed at creating and implementing malicious solutions that entail consequences on a global scale. It is necessary to adopt an international legal act on cyber non-aggression, which implies a refusal to use these weapons and the formation of a system of control over their development and use,” the president said.
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