Initiative to develop Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in 21st Century presented in Geneva

Larisa Belskaya, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the UN Office and Other International Organisations in Geneva, and Gennady Gatilov, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, held a joint briefing for the diplomatic corps in Geneva devoted to the Belarusian-Russian initiative to develop the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century, sb.by reports with reference to Belarus’ Foreign Ministry

The diplomats of Belarus and Russia presented the idea of the Charter as an important document designed to strengthen international security and promote the creation of a just world order, primarily in the Eurasian space, and the importance of establishing a dialogue with all potential participants, including European states. They also stressed that the initiative is not directed against any country or group of countries.

Ms. Belskaya emphasised the need to consolidate respect for diversity and multipolarity – as the most important features of the modern worldview and the dynamically developing Eurasian region – in the Charter. She noted the importance of the pan-Eurasian inclusive process for the development of the document during which an increasing number of countries could support the idea of the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century.

In turn, the Permanent Representative of Russia paid attention to the prospects for the formation of a new Eurasian security architecture, one of the key principles of which should be the elimination of the root causes of conflicts. The diplomat stressed the need to generate ideas based not on the right of the strong, but on equality and an honest balance of interests.

The Belarusian-Russian initiative aroused active interest among the briefing participants who represented a number of integration structures in Eurasia and beyond, including the European Union, CIS, EAEU, SCO, BRICS, ASEAN, and others.