The initiative to hold the first conference in Minsk emerged back in 2022. In November, the idea was voiced by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko at the CSTO summit in Yerevan. Since then, at every venue, Belarusian diplomats have emphasized the need to discuss existing problems openly and in detail.

The first conference: a bid for a new security architecture

The first international conference on Eurasian security was held in Minsk on 26-27 October 2023. The focus was on the reality and prospects of Eurasian security in a transforming world. The conference brought together around 300 participants, including 150 politicians, analysts and experts from 30 countries.

The high level of the forum was evidenced by its representative participants: the foreign and trade minister of Hungary, the foreign minister of Russia, the secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the secretary general of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia, the deputy secretary general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the deputy foreign minister of Kazakhstan, the deputy foreign minister of Tajikistan, the deputy foreign minister and head of the Institute for Political and International Studies of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, and a number of other high-ranking guests.

An important step was that it was precisely on this platform that Belarus for the first time officially presented its conceptual initiative on drafting a Eurasian Charter for Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century.

During the thematic panel discussions, the participants addressed pressing problems of Eurasian security and the main challenges and threats of a geopolitical, military, economic and energy nature. Promising steps and directions for shaping a new security architecture for the region were also outlined.

The second conference: dialogue expands geographically

The events of the 2nd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security took place on 31 October — 1 November 2024. The centerpiece was the address by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Aleksandr Lukashenko at the 2nd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security, October 2024

Notably, this time the conference brought together around 600 participants from more than 40 countries. The foreign ministers of Hungary and Russia, the leadership of the executive bodies of the CIS, CICA and the CSTO, and representatives of expert and academic circles again took part. The deputy prime minister of Serbia and the foreign minister of Syria also joined the Minsk dialogue. The growth in both the quantity and quality of participants underlined the gathering momentum behind the demand for open discussion of pressing problems in a rapidly changing world.

The outcome of the 2nd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security was the presentation of the draft Charter for Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century.

The third conference: from discussing challenges to making sense of them

The meeting, whose central theme was the global world (dis)order and the puzzle of Eurasian security, was held in Minsk, already by tradition, in the autumn — on 28-29 October 2025. The high-level dialogue was opened by the president of Belarus.

Aleksandr Lukashenko speaks at the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security, October 2025

More than 700 representatives of the academic and expert community and major think tanks from more than 45 countries came to Minsk.

Among the guests were the foreign ministers of Hungary, Russia, the DPRK and Myanmar, China’s special representative, the heads of a number of international organizations (the CIS, CSTO, CICA and others), and the deputy foreign ministers of India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, the UAE, Oman, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

During the conference there was a frank discussion of the prospects for Eurasian security amid the crisis of the existing world order, chronic military and political contradictions between key players and the almost complete absence of communication between them.

The conference recorded the participants’ readiness to continue the dialogue on shaping the contours of a new Eurasian security architecture and the concept of a Eurasian Charter for Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century.

The fourth conference: deepening the agenda

The 4th Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security is expected to consider a broad range of regional and global security issues as well. Representatives of 50 states will take part in the discussion. In addition to the plenary session, the conference provides for three working sessions and two thematic sessions. They will be devoted to military and political security, arms control and military risk management, the latest technologies, information security, artificial intelligence, the fight against disinformation and deepfakes, as well as economic integration, food and energy security and the role of women in strengthening peace.