Lavrov: Russia Will Continue to Work Towards Consolidating the Efforts of the International Community

On August 15, Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, spoke at the 11th Moscow Conference on International Security.

He noted that currently on the agenda is the task of forming a democratic multipolar world order based on universally recognized international legal norms, primarily the principles of the UN Charter, starting with the main one: “respect for the sovereign equality of states, i.e. the natural and inalienable right of every nation to control its own destiny.”

“There is a trend as a persistent attempt of the Western minority to privatize the secretariats of international organizations, including the UN, the Bretton Woods institutions, the WTO, the OPCW,” Mr Lavrov stressed.

The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that “Russia will continue to work towards consolidating the efforts of the international community in countering global and regional challenges and threats, to promote a positive agenda, to contribute to strengthening international security and stability.”

He believes that good prospects for leveraging the potential of the associations operating in Eurasia, including the Union State of Russia and Belarus, the CSTO, the EAEU, the CIS, the SCO, ASEAN and the GCC, deserve special attention.