Ryzhenkov told when and where negotiations on the Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity will begin in the XXI century

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Maxim Ryzhenkov in an interview with the Indian newspaper The Economic Times told how the work on the development of the Eurasian Charter for Diversity and Multipolarity in the XXI century is progressing.

- The start of negotiations on the Charter is scheduled for September 25, 2026 in New York, said Maxim Ryzhenkov. Belarus, together with other participants, expects to complete work on the document by the end of 2027. The Charter is open to all Eurasian states, including EU member states. We welcome their participation, even if their initial attitude towards the initiative remains skeptical.

The adoption of the Eurasian Charter will be an important step towards a fair multipolar world order

Such an order in which each state has the sovereign right to independently choose the trajectory of its development, and the world majority finally takes its rightful place not as an object, but as the creator of history.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus recalled that the Eurasian Charter for Diversity and Multipolarity in the XXI Century, the initiative to create which was first announced in 2023, was the logical result of twenty years of diplomatic efforts of Belarus, developing the appeal of President Alexander Lukashenko at the 2005 UN summit to respect the diversity of ways of progressive development

- It is of fundamental importance that this will be the initiative of the Eurasian states, formed by the peoples of Eurasia and for the peoples of Eurasia. The Charter will help build a new pan-Eurasian security architecture based on the principle of indivisibility: no state should strengthen its own security at the expense of others. We propose that this principle be given concrete meaning through certain mechanisms. These include a consultative conflict-prevention mechanism to de-escalate tensions before they escalate, commitments to refrain from unilateral coercive measures currently used as a tool to pressure sovereign states, and regular confidence-building measures across the continent to ensure transparency and mutual trust. The Charter will complement existing structures, including the UN and the OSCE, which have often been paralyzed by geopolitical rivalries or double standards. It will propose a new inclusive platform based on the principle of indivisibility, a principle that has long been proclaimed but rarely applied in practice.

The scope of the Charter will not be limited to security issues, added Maxim Ryzhenkov:

- It will strengthen economic cooperation, humanitarian ties and civilizational dialogue throughout the Eurasian space. It is not directed against any third party and will not compete with existing regional associations. On the contrary, it is conceived as a comprehensive strategic platform – a foundation that will fill the activities of the SCO, the EAEU, the CIS, ASEAN and other structures with new meaning and common goals. The importance of Eurasia is enormous: about 70 percent of the world’s population lives here, a significant part of global natural resources and key transit arteries are concentrated. As a result, the Charter’s impact will extend far beyond the continent itself.