“Our message is not against anyone, but for everyone who believes that the world should be guided by reason, not force. The sooner we act with reason, the sooner force will have to yield,” said President Milorad Dodik in his address at the International Conference on European Security in Minsk.
Dodik emphasized that Republika Srpska participates in regional control mechanisms, supports humanity, and rejects chaos.
“We value Belarus, which, like Republika Srpska, understands that freedom is the greatest responsibility. Belarus shows that it is possible to remain true to oneself,” he stated.
He added that Srpska believes in peace, dialogue, and cooperation — maintaining sincere friendship with Russia while simultaneously developing relations with China.
“With the new U.S. administration, we are trying to establish new channels of communication,” Dodik noted.
He pointed out that the Dayton Peace Agreement was undermined by irresponsible elites of Western Europe who sought to impose new systems and priorities.
Messages of peace, Dodik said, were sent from the conference in Minsk.
“Minsk is a city of peace — a city that, like Republika Srpska, understands the value and weight of responsibility in not being subordinate, but sovereign,” he said.
“Republika Srpska comes here with a clear conviction — Eurasia can build security only on the principles of justice and mutual respect,” Dodik continued.
He recalled that “the mistakes of Brussels, when they admitted to not respecting the Minsk Agreements, led to the conflict in Ukraine,” stressing that dialogue, not domination, must prevail.
“Peace is an agreement that endures, a form of respect that cannot be imposed by force. We in the Balkans have learned that through difficult and challenging times,” he said.
Dodik stated that “NATO practiced on the Balkans” and now seeks to repeat that approach to isolate Russia and gain control over resources it lacks.
He noted that the European Union today has “no visible leaders, no raw materials, no energy, and no rare minerals.”
“They tried to bluff with so-called values. When you oppose them, as we did, they exclude you from processes, block project funding, and create difficulties. But in Europe, we can also see Hungary and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, whose policy is one of peace and stability,” Dodik said.
He emphasized that Eurasia must become a continent of bridges — through BRICS and other forums — proving that multipolarity is not a threat, but an opportunity.
“That is why we from Republika Srpska strongly support the idea of developing a European Charter of Multipolarity — a document through which every country can choose its own path and its own peace,” Dodik stated.
He concluded that aggressive rhetoric today causes more harm than weapons themselves and that the world needs a “code of responsible communication.”
The Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security brought together delegations from over 40 countries and seven international organizations, including representatives of Republika Srpska.
The main theme of the two-day conference is “The Global World (Dis)Order and the Eurasian Security Puzzle”, held under the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.
Earlier today, Dodik met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Source: RTRS
