{"id":149323,"date":"2025-08-02T12:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149323\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"diplomat-says-minsk-ready-for-security-dialogue-in-any-format","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149323\/","title":{"rendered":"Diplomat says Minsk ready for security dialogue in any format"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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August 2, <\/strong>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Ihar Siakreta, Belarus\u2019 deputy foreign minister, presented Minsk\u2019s proposals on ways to overcome the regional security crisis and improve efficiency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) during an international event in Helsinki on August 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we manage to rise over ideological dogmas and prejudices, we can restore peace in Europe . . . through diplomacy. The cessation of hostilities and a new d\u00e9tente in Europe will not be a precondition, but a result of the restoration of fully-fledged international communication,\u201d the foreign ministry\u2019s press office quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If governments are not ready for direct talks yet, an intermediary step could be a discussion involving independent experts, analysts, scientists and journalists, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBelarus is ready for such dialogue in any format and at any platform without preconditions,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He proposed a Minsk security conference scheduled for October 28 and 29 as \u201can optimal platform\u201d for serious conversations to resolve regional conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

European politicians have been skeptical of security events hosted by Minsk after Belarus had provided Russia with a staging ground for its attack on Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event took place after the Helsinki+ conference marking the 50th<\/sup> anniversary of the 1975 Helsinki accords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja spoke at a parallel event focusing on reprisals against human rights advocates in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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