MINSK, 29 September (BelTA) - Today, about 40 countries with a population of 2.5 billion are under illegal restrictive measures imposed by the United States and the European Union, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov said at the general debate of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, BelTA has learned.
“All UN principles are shelved when it comes to the so-called vital interests of the USA and its satellites. But if a state dares to enact their own policy to protect their people and tries to throw off the yoke of external control over their resources, the West recalls all the conventions, paragraphs and the most insignificant footnotes to them, and, most importantly, it subjects them to sanctions and pressure,” the minister observed.
He noted that this is the essence of all the so-called color revolutions, which lead only to suffering and upheaval for ordinary people. "This is the path of the West. This is their recipe for a new world. This recipe, by the way, is abundantly seasoned with NATO weapons," Maksim Ryzhenkov stated.
Today, about 40 countries with a population of 2.5 billion are under illegal restrictive measures imposed by the United States and the European Union. Many nations have been living in such conditions for decades, and freedom-loving Cuba for more than half a century, he observed.
"This instrument grossly violates entire sections of international law and the UN Charter. It illegally slows down sustainable development, undermines food and energy security, restricts access to world markets, and violates the right to freedom of movement. It also boomerangs on ordinary people in the countries imposing the sanctions. We see people in the neighboring EU states complaining about ever rising prices for energy, food, and social upheavals," Maksim Ryzhenkov stressed.
“All UN principles are shelved when it comes to the so-called vital interests of the USA and its satellites. But if a state dares to enact their own policy to protect their people and tries to throw off the yoke of external control over their resources, the West recalls all the conventions, paragraphs and the most insignificant footnotes to them, and, most importantly, it subjects them to sanctions and pressure,” the minister observed.
He noted that this is the essence of all the so-called color revolutions, which lead only to suffering and upheaval for ordinary people. "This is the path of the West. This is their recipe for a new world. This recipe, by the way, is abundantly seasoned with NATO weapons," Maksim Ryzhenkov stated.
Today, about 40 countries with a population of 2.5 billion are under illegal restrictive measures imposed by the United States and the European Union. Many nations have been living in such conditions for decades, and freedom-loving Cuba for more than half a century, he observed.
"This instrument grossly violates entire sections of international law and the UN Charter. It illegally slows down sustainable development, undermines food and energy security, restricts access to world markets, and violates the right to freedom of movement. It also boomerangs on ordinary people in the countries imposing the sanctions. We see people in the neighboring EU states complaining about ever rising prices for energy, food, and social upheavals," Maksim Ryzhenkov stressed.
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