countries such as Kazakhstan should make new forces and declare their role not only as participants, but also as responsible players in the global arena. This is stated in an article by the President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokaev in an article for Euronews about the role of medium powers.
Tokaev noted that the wars in Europe, in the Middle East and Africa, carry the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, while climate change leaves millions of hungry, vulnerable and devoid of housing. “These conflicts seem insoluble, without hope for improvement. Against this global discord, traditional powers – economic and political giants of the world – are less capable of working together,” the president said.
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According to him, the right of the veto, which is possessed by the permanent members of the UN Security Council, often leads to dead end situations, interfering with decisive measures according to the global crisis and leading to repeating scenarios when unilateralism (unilateral actions) are preferred by collective actions.
“This further undermines the spirit of multilateralism (multilateral approach) and reduces trust in international institutions. Against this background, the average powers, such as Kazakhstan, are key players with growing opportunities to ensure greater stability, peace and development in their regions and Outside of them, being unreleased by the difficulties of the policy of superpowers, our flexibility allows us to successfully navigate in complex diplomatic landscapes and lay the ways to compromise and reconciliation, ”Tokaev said.
Moreover, according to the President of Kazakhstan, the average powers are deeply devoted to the idea of a multilateral approach.
“Kazakhstan has always been deeply committed to a multilateral approach, constantly striving for new sites for international dialogue and joint actions. The use of our permanent work in the field of nuclear disarmament and non -proliferation, we are actively promoting the creation of a new multilateral department, focused on biosaurinism, in order to prevent The destructive consequences of artificial pandemics and bioterrorism on a global scale, ”he said.
Tokaev indicated that with a multilateral system that is under a serious stress, countries of all sizes are required – large, medium and small – to breathe new life into it. “However, given that large powers are less and less ready to trust this process, and small countries do not have sufficient influence, the duty of the average powers is to lead this movement. Such countries as Kazakhstan should make new forces and declare their role not only as if participants, but also as responsible players in the global arena, ”Tokaev emphasized.