{"id":160159,"date":"2025-10-15T18:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/160159\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"foreign-minister-attacks-neocolonial-brain-drain-at-non-aligned-ministers-meeting","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/160159\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign minister attacks \u201cneocolonial brain drain\u201d at non-aligned ministers\u2019 meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

October 15, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus\u2019 foreign minister has accused Western powers of draining talent from developing nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at a meeting of Non-Aligned Movement foreign ministers in Uganda, Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d said that former colonial powers \u201ccontinue to use neocolonial methods in politics and economics, as well as in humanitarian, cultural and other spheres, seeking to restore their dominance in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Ry\u017eanko\u016d, in the cultural sphere, neocolonialism is expressed through the \u201cbrain drain\u201d \u2014 the outflow of skilled professionals to the West. Once there, he claimed, qualified expatriates \u201cfall victim to the false policy of multiculturalism, which in reality breeds violence and degradation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Non-Aligned Movement is a forum of around 120 nations committed to non-alignment with military blocs. Belarus, however, maintains dual membership in both the movement and the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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