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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Minsk, December 5 (Xinhua) – Europe is moving toward escalating tensions, and if this continues, global war will move from the realm of risk to reality. This was stated by Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Sekreta at the OSCE Foreign Ministers' Council plenary meeting in Vienna on Thursday. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry's press service released the corresponding information on the same day.
He noted that the meeting is taking place at a time when European security is experiencing perhaps its deepest crisis since Helsinki. According to him, in recent years, the European region has transformed from a space of dialogue into one of fears, barriers, and mutual accusations.
"The security architecture, built over decades of trial and error, has effectively collapsed. Arms control mechanisms have ceased to function. Previous negotiating formats are frozen. Trust has been reduced to zero," stated I. Sekreta.
According to him, states are increasingly speaking in the language of ultimatums rather than compromises. "Europe is effectively following a self-fulfilling prophecy of escalating tensions. If we don't change this logic, global war will move from the category of risk to the category of reality," stated I. Sekreta.
He noted that Belarus is feeling this crisis at its borders, where new barriers are being erected, crossings are being closed, and new dividing lines are being artificially drawn. At the same time, he added, Belarus is being accused of aggressive intentions that the country never had.
"We see how the politicization of illegal migration and cross-border smuggling is being used to stoke fear. At the same time, it's completely ignored that these problems are a direct consequence of crises, collapsed states, and misguided foreign policy decisions," emphasized I. Sekret, adding that Belarus always remains open to contacts at the appropriate level to jointly find solutions to existing problems.
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