Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned against
unilateral steps in handling world problems
MOSCOW, October 22. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov has blamed the crisis in Ukraine on attempts by the West to move
Euro-Atlantic division lines eastwards.
“The Ukrainian crisis is a direct effect of attempts by
our Western counterparts to preserve and move to the east the division lines in
the Euro-Atlantic space,” he said at a meeting with members of the Youth Civic
Chamber on Wednesday.
“We are against such attempts. We do not wish
confrontation, but we shall be firm in defending our interests and doing what
we deem right on the basis of international law. We believe that this is the
optimal way of ensuring Russia’s interests," Lavrov said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned against
unilateral steps in handling world problems.
“The world today is getting polycentric and multipolar,”
Lavrov said. “We are witnesses to soaring competition in various spheres. The
awareness of this truth should serve as a warning against attempts by one group
of countries to dictate solutions to others. This has not been eradicated yet.”
In a situation where there must be common approach we
see unilateral steps undermining the success of our solutions,” Lavrov said.
“Over the past few years we have been able to see what
this leads to,” he went on to say. “There was the aggression against Yugoslavia, illegal intervention in Iraq, and the bombardments of Libya. Now we can see
that in Syria.”
Source: ITAR-TASS 22-10-2014
