{"id":145575,"date":"2025-07-07T13:21:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145575\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-top-diplomat-rails-against-digital-colonialism-at-brics-summit","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145575\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 top diplomat rails against \u201cdigital colonialism\u201d at BRICS summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 7, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Minsk opposes \u201ctechnological monopolization and digital colonialism,\u201d Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d told participants in the BRICS summit in Brazil\u2019s Rio de Janeiro yesterday, Belarusian foreign ministry reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BRICS brings together technological leaders with immense scientific potential and should take an active role in shaping global rules for the development and use of artificial intelligence, he said, calling AI \u201ca key component of technological sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official stressed Belarus&#8217; strategic position in Eurasia, noting its potential to become a modern logistics hub powered by advanced technologies such as blockchain and the Internet of Things to ensure transparent and efficient supply chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister criticized \u201coutdated unipolar mechanisms\u201d as ineffective and excessively politicized, while praising BRICS as a cornerstone of a multipolar world and \u201can essential component of a just global order.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, the list of Brics members expanded beyond Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Belarus has participated in BRICS meetings as partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US President Donald Trump has warned that countries which side with the policies of the Brics alliance that go against US interests will be hit with an extra 10% tariff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BRICS was designed to boost countries&#8217; international standing and challenge the US and western Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/113243\/\">Foreign ministry: Belarus formalizes BRICS partner status<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 7, Pozirk. Minsk opposes \u201ctechnological monopolization and digital colonialism,\u201d Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d told participants in the BRICS summit in Brazil\u2019s Rio de Janeiro yesterday, Belarusian foreign ministry reported. 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