{"id":211265,"date":"2026-11-10T19:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/211265\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T19:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:39:23","slug":"eus-push-for-russias-strategic-defeat-hindering-ukraine-peace-belarusian-foreign-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/211265\/","title":{"rendered":"EU\u2019s push for Russia\u2019s strategic defeat hindering Ukraine peace, Belarusian foreign minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 10, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The European Union\u2019s geopolitical interests and its desire to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia are getting in the way of a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ryzanko\u016d said today at the International Collective Security Forum in Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk hopes that the talks between Russia, the United States and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi will lead to a peace agreement as soon as possible, he was quoted as saying by Belarusian state media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryzanko\u016d said that existing arms control agreements, including the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty), the Open Skies Treaty and the Russian-US Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), \u201care not working.\u201d He argued that this erodes trust and creates opportunities for further escalation, primarily by \u201cour Western partners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is worth noting that Russia was the first country to withdraw from the CFE Treaty. Ryzanko\u016d did not mention this. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law denouncing the treaty in May 2023, and Russia’s withdrawal took effect in November that year. Moscow had suspended its participation in the treaty in 2007, several months before its invasion of Georgia in August 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signed in the final years of the Cold War, the CFE Treaty was designed to ensure transparency and establish limits on conventional weapons and armed forces in Europe. Belarus suspended its commitments under the treaty in May 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The treaty capped Belarus’ conventional weapons holdings at 1,800 main battle tanks, 2,800 armored combat vehicles, 1,615 artillery systems, 294 combat aircraft and 80 attack helicopters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Open Skies Treaty is an international agreement allowing participating countries to conduct short-notice, unarmed aerial surveillance flights over one another’s territories to promote military transparency and build trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States officially withdrew from the treaty in November 2020, followed by Russia in December 2021. Thirty-two parties remain, including European countries, Canada and T\u00fcrkiye, although the treaty’s framework has been severely weakened by the withdrawals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New START Treaty, signed in 2010 and extended for five years in 2021, expired on February 5, 2026, leaving the United States and Russia without an active bilateral treaty limiting their strategic nuclear arsenals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian authorities have openly supported Russia’s war against Ukraine since 2022, allowing Russian troops to use Belarusian territory to launch attacks on Ukraine, supplying weapons to Moscow and providing other forms of assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime is actively promoting a common Eurasian security framework. In early November, Minsk hosted the fourth annual Eurasian Security Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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