{"id":185228,"date":"2026-04-27T22:12:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/185228\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T22:12:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:12:49","slug":"european-parliament-nuclear-weapons-in-belarus-should-be-deemed-collective-security-threat","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/185228\/","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament: Nuclear weapons in Belarus should be deemed collective security threat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n (Michel Christen \/ EP)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

April 27, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The European Parliament has urged the international community to recognize what it called the deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus as a collective security threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement issued on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the European Parliament says that the world should \u201cstrengthen accountability for the concealment of radiation risks and for attacks on nuclear facilities, particularly in the context of Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine.\u201d The international community \u201cshould establish an independent and publicly accessible global radiological registry and recognise the deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus as a threat to collective security,\u201d the statement says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Parliament acknowledges that \u201cBelarus bore the heaviest burden\u201d of the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident, \u201cwith nearly a quarter of its territory contaminated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to MEPs, that Belarusian authorities under Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka have \u201csystematically downplayed the true scale of the catastrophe, restricted public access to medical statistics, and, without proper scientific justification, reclassified contaminated territories as \u2018clean\u2019 while resuming agricultural production on these lands.\u201d They warn that \u201csuch practices pose serious risks to the health of current and future generations\u201d and sound alarm over \u201congoing risks \u2013 including for citizens of European Union Member States \u2013 associated with the Astravets [Astraviec] Nuclear Power Plant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Parliament calls on Belarusian authorities to \u201censure full transparency and independent monitoring, and to halt the use and resettlement of contaminated territories, while restoring protections for affected populations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, during a tour of the southern Naro\u016dla district, which was contaminated as a result of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident, renewed his push to bring more affected land back into agricultural use. \u201cWe must reclaim this land whatever it costs. We must return to the land we had in Soviet times. And we can do it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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