{"id":166957,"date":"2025-12-05T12:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166957\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarusian-diplomat-urges-osce-to-end-use-of-unlawful-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166957\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian diplomat urges OSCE to end use of \u201cunlawful sanctions\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sekreta_obse_mid.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sekreta_obse_mid.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sekreta_obse_mid-354x234.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sekreta_obse_mid-734x485.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sekreta_obse_mid-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sekreta_obse_mid-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(mfa.gov.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 5, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Ihar Siekreta urged the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to abandon what he described as policies of isolation and unlawful sanctions as he addressed the OSCE Foreign Ministers&#8217; Council yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diplomacy must be used as the primary tool for resolving international issues, the foreign ministry\u2019s press office reported, citing him as saying. The official also stressed the need to &#8220;turn our OSCE platform from a &#8216;vanity fair&#8217; into a space for respectful diplomatic engagement.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe must restore mechanisms for preventing border incidents, channels for rapid communication and discussions on transparency measures,\u201d Siekreta added. \u201cBelarus needs this no less than anyone else. Our geopolitical position at Europe\u2019s center is not an abstract notion but a daily reality that demands practical cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This statement came as Minsk seeks consultations with the Lithuanian foreign ministry amid ongoing tensions caused by incursions by cigarette-smuggling balloons from Belarus into Lithuania. However, Vilnius views such talks as an attempt to undermine the international isolation of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime and potentially ease sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuania also remains reluctant to enter negotiations, having curtailed official contacts with Minsk following the disputed 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuanian officials continue to call for a stronger and more coordinated European Union response to what they describe as Minsk\u2019s hybrid attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/vilnius-pixabay-744-12.12.2023-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/vilnius-pixabay-744-12.12.2023-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/vilnius-pixabay-744-12.12.2023.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania lodges another complaint with Belarus over ongoing hybrid attacks<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 4, Pozirk. The Lithuanian foreign ministry summoned a Belarusian diplomat yesterday to hand another note of protest over the ongoing airspace incursions from Belarus and what is called a deliberate seizure of Lithuanian trucks. Smugglers\u2019 weather balloons launched from &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/166762\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 5, Pozirk. Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Ihar Siekreta urged the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to abandon what he described as policies of isolation and unlawful sanctions as he addressed the OSCE Foreign Ministers&#8217; Council yesterday. 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