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The responsibility for shaking the foundations of the Conference on Disarmament and the inexpressive results of its last session lies entirely with the representatives of the West. This was stated at the meeting by the Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the Geneva headquarters of the UN Andrei Belousov.
The Russian diplomat expressed regret that the unleashed anti-Russian campaign hindered the normal work of the forum. “Instead of discussing the agenda items, the delegations had to listen to nonsense about Russia being to blame for all the troubles of the world,” Belousov stressed.
As a result, in his opinion, the situation in the Conference on Disarmament has escalated to an extreme degree. If it goes on like this, the forum may lose the ability to perform its functions even at a minimal level.
Belousov noted that only the efforts of the group of States and the Russian delegation allowed the conference to remain operational. At the same time, the Russian side, unlike the delegations of Western countries, maintained a constructive approach.