Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
declared today that the Western, liberal model of society is dying, and a new
world order is taking its place. Lavrov made the
comments at his annual meeting with students and professors at the Foreign
Ministry’s Diplomatic Academy.
“The
Western liberal model of development, which particularly stipulates a partial
loss of national sovereignty – this is what our Western colleagues aimed at
when they invented what they called globalization – is losing its
attractiveness and is no more viewed as a perfect model for all. Moreover, many
people in the very western countries are skeptical about it,” Lavrov said.
According
to him, global development is guided “by processes aimed at boosting
multipolarity and what we call a polycentric world order.”
“Clearly, multipolarity and the emergence of
new centers of power in every way requires efforts to maintain global stability
and search for a balance of interests and compromises, so diplomacy should play
a leading role here,” Lavrov went on to say. “Particularly because there are a
lot of issues that require generally acceptable solutions. These include
regional conflicts, international terrorism, food security and environmental
protection. This is why we believe that only diplomacy can help make agreements
and reach sustainable decisions that will be accepted by all.
“The
US and its allies are trying to impose their approaches on others,” Lavrov
noted. “They are guided by a clear desire to preserve their centuries-long
dominance in global affairs although from the economic and financial
standpoint, the US – alone or with its allies – can no longer resolve all
global economic and political issues,” he said.
“In
order to preserve their dominance and recover their indisputable authority,
they use blackmail and pressure. They don’t hesitate to blatantly interfere in
the affairs of sovereign states.”
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