Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus M. Ryzhenkov took part in the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva

The world has once again returned to the point from which the nuclear threat is clearly visible. This was stated by the Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs in Geneva at the UN Conference on Disarmament. Maxim Ryzhenkov emphasised that the path to global peace lies through the restoration of trust. Belarus welcomes the dialogue between Russia and the United States. The Minister also noted that Belarus has been consistently and transparently for its neighbours and the international community taking forced retaliatory steps to ensure national security and strengthen the country's defence capacity, including with the support of its closest ally — Russia. M. Ryzhenkov stressed that cooperation between Belarus and Russia does not pose any threats to third countries.