In the midst of turbulence

The present geopolitical situation in the world is assessed in the Republic of Belarus as a systemic crisis of the international situation, which is increasingly acquiring a global character. Among the main challenges here are: strengthening of rivalry and deepening of the trust deficit between leading international players and centers of power, "smoldering" regional conflicts and emergence of new hotbeds of instability; aggravation of economic contradictions, "trade wars", use of sanctions and countersanctions; threat of the international arms control system collapse and return to the arms race; appearance of principally new threats to international security in cyberspace. In these challenging conditions, official Minsk continues to maintain and strengthen its policy of ensuring the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Belarusian state, pursuing an independent and balanced multi-vector foreign policy, developing integration processes in Eurasia, linking them with other associations and projects, strengthening regional and global security. At the same time, one of the main priorities in the country's foreign policy remains economic diplomacy.