Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makay warned about the risks of the emergence of a new cold war. He stated this on the air channel ONT.
“There is a dangerous tendency to form this formation of a multipolar world, a further continuation of this geopolitical redistribution has not led to some cold war 2.0 or then there is some hot war. And there is no prerequisites for this,” he said.
The head of Belarusian diplomacy noted that after the collapse of the Soviet Union “USA and the European Union, they thought that their influence would continue forever”, but new players appeared, who also want to take their place under the sun. “China, India, Russia also have the right to do this,” the minister said.
Mock also pointed to double standards that the West uses. “We do not see the threat that someone from the European Union countries or NATO members strengthens the relationship between themselves. That is, we should not pay attention to it, and they will respond to the slightest sneeze and indicate how we live,” – He told.
On June 8, Assistant President of Russia Yuri Ushakov said that relations between Moscow and Washington are at the lowest point since the Cold War. In his opinion, the low level of relations between Russia and the United States bears risks for the whole world. “The interaction of the two countries is well known, it is perhaps at the lowest point since the times of the Cold War. It is clear that you need to do something about it, because real risks are created not only for these two large countries, but also for everything The world, “said the assistant president. He also noted that the building of normal ties prevent sanctions that do not allow stabilize the situation in the world as a whole.
On June 3, Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Alexander Fomin also warned that the world community is drawn into a new cold war, because the division of states on “their and strangers” occurs. “Today we are seeing the formation of a new world order. We see the tendency of countries in a new cold war, the separation of states on their and strangers, moreover, strangers are definitely determined in the doctrinal documents as an opponent,” said Fomin. He noted that the currently established system of relationships between countries is destroyed. New types of weapons, as well as the spread of confrontation on space and cyberspace lead to a change in the principles of warfare.
Cold War is a political and ideological conflict between the USSR and the United States, which lasts from 1946 until the end of the 1980s. This concept also consisted of a space race and arms racing. States did not enter a direct military clash, but the rivalry of the two superpowers led to armed conflicts in a number of third world.