U.S., its Western allies will never be able to return to unipolar world order

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stressed that the principle of indivisible security has been among Russia’s most important priorities.

He made the remarks during the educational marathon conference “New Horizons” organized by the Russian Znanie (Knowledge) society on Tuesday.

We signed an agreement that guarantees Europe’s security, but the West has ignored this agreement and hasn’t implemented its commitments about not to expand NATO eastward, Lavrov said.

He added that the West is trying to drag Ukraine to NATO, deploy offensive weapons and establish military bases on the Ukrainian territories, pointing out that “Kiev hasn’t implemented the Minsk agreements, so it was our duty to protect our interests”.

The United States and its Western allies do not want a multipolar world, but they will not be able to return to a unipolar world order, according to Lavrov.

 The Russian top diplomat went on to say that the North Atlantic Alliance has for many years taken into account the territories of Finland and Sweden in its military plans for eastward expansion.

“Finland, Sweden and other neutral countries have for years participated in NATO’s military exercises. NATO has taken their territories into account in planning its eastward movement. In this context it apparently makes no difference any more”, Lavrov said, according to Itar Tass.

He stressed that Moscow saw no reasons why Finland and Sweden should be worried about their security.

“For this reason we see their decision, which Washington and NATO surely lobbied for, as a geopolitical move in the context of Russia’s containment and the implementation of NATO’s plans to spread its activities to the Arctic region,” he added.

“Incidentally, the Finnish president and the Finnish ambassadors everywhere have been saying that they see no threats from Russia. Admission to NATO stems from the changes in the security situation in Europe. But there is no logic here,” Lavrov said.

Russia, he stated, will keep an eye on how NATO uses the territories of Finland and Sweden and “make its conclusions,” Lavrov said. “But the European Union in a situation where Germany has lost independence and France is hopelessly trying to press for strategic autonomy is actually merging with NATO in practice, even in terms of its membership,” he concluded.

Hamda Mustafa