{"id":188286,"date":"2026-05-20T18:06:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188286\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T18:06:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:06:53","slug":"senior-belarus-diplomat-doubts-natos-defensive-nature","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188286\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Belarus\u2019 diplomat doubts NATO\u2019s defensive nature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 20<em>, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Ihar Siekreta has doubted NATO\u2019s defensive nature as he addressed an international peace and stability roundtable in Vienna yesterday, the Belarusian foreign ministry\u2019s press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, held at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) venue, was initiated under Russia\u2019s chairmanship of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian official accused unnamed OSCE members of a \u201csense of impunity\u201d and \u201cdisregard for the principle of indivisible security,\u201d which provoked \u201cthe deepest crisis not only in the European security architecture, but also in the entire system of international relations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Siekreta also said that the OSCE mechanisms for confidence-building and conflict prevention have failed, citing what he described as an \u201cunbridled desire to establish a NATO-centric world order.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the diplomat did not present any evidence to support his claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/12.05.26_sekreta_journalists_4-354x234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/12.05.26_sekreta_journalists_4-354x234.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/12.05.26_sekreta_journalists_4-734x486.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/12.05.26_sekreta_journalists_4-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/12.05.26_sekreta_journalists_4-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/12.05.26_sekreta_journalists_4.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Germany news<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Germany news, Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Senior Belarus diplomat decries &quot;communication ice age&quot; in relations with Germany<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 13, Pozirk. Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Ihar Siekreta described Belarusian-German relations as being at \u201cunprecedented low point,\u201d the foreign ministry reports, following his meeting with German journalist \u00c9va P\u00e9li and former RIA Novosti contributor Tilo Gr\u00e4ser in Minsk yesterday. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/187291\">\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>May 20, Pozirk. Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Ihar Siekreta has doubted NATO\u2019s defensive nature as he addressed an international peace and stability roundtable in Vienna yesterday, the Belarusian foreign ministry\u2019s press office reports. 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