Belarus president hails Armenia–Azerbaijan peace pact, cautions against widening global crises

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has highlighted both progress and peril in the global security landscape, commending the recent peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia while warning that worldwide instability continues to deepen.

The security sector continues to grapple with a vast array of unresolved challenges that demand serious discussion and practical solutions, President Lukashenko said at the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security, held in Minsk, Caliber.Az reports, citing Belarus media.

“In recent times, we have managed to reach settlements, hopefully long-term ones, on several protracted conflicts: Azerbaijan and Armenia have signed a peace agreement, and the two-year war in Gaza has come to a halt,” the president noted. “But there are no glimmers of hope in other hotspots.”

Lukashenko recalled that at the previous conference, he had pointed out the existence of around 50 armed conflicts of varying intensity worldwide — the highest number recorded since the end of World War II.

“Hostilities are intensifying, the number of casualties and refugees is growing, and economic losses are mounting,” he warned. “There is a separate challenge posed by the so-called spontaneous revolutions of Generation Z (Bangladesh, Nepal, Madagascar).”

By Vafa Guliyeva