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September 23, 2023
from
RT
Website
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
holds a
press conference at the
UN
headquarters in New York, US,
on
September 23, 2023.
©
Sputnik / Valery Sharifulin
The US
and its allies instigate new conflicts
to prevent the
emergence of a multipolar world,
Russia's foreign
minister believes
'New world order' vs. 'empire of lies':
Key takeaways
from Lavrov's UN speech...
The world has a chance to achieve "authentic democratization" in
international relations by establishing a multipolar order
marking
the first such opportunity since the end of World War II,
...Russian
Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov told
the UN General Assembly (UNGA)
on Saturday:
The US and its Western allies seek to prevent such a development by
stirring up new conflicts to divide humanity and keep their,
"hegemony of the
global minority" in place, he added.
1 - West is
the 'empire of lies'
The US and its allies still reject the principle of equality in
international relations, Lavrov said.
Americans and
Europeans keep
looking down on the rest of the world and that leads to their "total
intractability" in any negotiations.
Washington and its
allies,
"keep making promises
left and right" that end up being reneged-on, the Russian
minister added.
"As Russian President Vladimir Putin put it, the West is now the
real 'empire of lies'," he said.
2 - 'Reckless'
Western politicians have forgotten about self-preservation
NATO activities have reached "unprecedented" levels since the end of
the Cold War, the top Russian diplomat believes.
The US-led bloc's forces
have conducted drills that involved simulating nuclear strikes
against Russia, he claimed, adding that Washington is also actively
seeking to project its military might in the Asia-Pacific through
establishing military-political "alliances" with nations like,
-
Australia
-
South Korea
-
Japan,
...and pushing them towards closer
cooperation with NATO.
Such actions,
"risk creating a new
explosive geopolitical hotspot in addition to the... European
one," Lavrov warned, adding that Western politicians have been
so blinded by a feeling of impunity that they've lost "the sense
of self-preservation."
3 - True
democracy in international relations is within reach
For the first time since 1945, when the United Nations was
established, the world has a chance to establish a truly democratic
world order, the Russian foreign minister said.
The "global majority",
i.e. the nations of
Asia, Africa and
Latin America,
...are increasingly
seeking independence and equality, as well as respect for their
sovereignty in international relations.
"It is obvious for
Russia that there is no other way," Lavrov told the UNGA, adding
that this fact "encourages optimism in those believing in the
rule of international law and wishing to see the UN restored to
its role of a central coordinating body of world politics."
4 - West
stands in the way of a just world order
The US and its allies seek to stall the onset of a multipolar world
order, in particular by,
"stirring up
conflicts that artificially divide humanity into hostile blocs
and prevent it from achieving common goals," the Russian
minister pointed out.
The West wants the world
to,
"play by its infamous
and self-serving rules," he said, adding that the international
community should instead strive for a world where everyone
"agrees on how to solve issues together, on the basis of a fair
balance of interests."
5
- Western sanctions hurt the world
Russia is calling for "an immediate and full" lifting of sanctions
imposed against such nations as,
...Lavrov said, adding
that such unilateral punitive measures,
"blatantly violate
the principle of sovereign equality of nations" and interfere
with these countries' rights to development.
"One should put an end to any coercive measures imposed in
circumvention of the UN Security Council as well as to the
West's... practice of manipulating its sanctions policies to
exert pressure on those deemed undesirable," he added.
Russia's top diplomat
also blasted the US over what he called threats against nations
willing to work with Moscow.
"It is shameful for a
great power to run around like this and threaten everyone and
only demonstrating its obsession with domination," he told
journalists after the UNGA session.
6 - Russia's
stance on conflict in Ukraine
Moscow is ready for talks on its
ongoing conflict with Kiev at any
time, Lavrov told a press conference on the sidelines of the UN
assembly.
However, Russia will not
consider any deals involving a ceasefire, he said, adding that
Moscow and Kiev had supposedly almost reached an agreement in the
first months of the conflict following a series of talks in Belarus
and Turkey only for this process to be disrupted, supposedly by
Ukraine's Western backers.
"Putin said it very
clearly: yes, we are ready for talks but we will not consider
any ceasefire proposals because we did so once and were
deceived."
Russia also respects
Ukraine's sovereignty in accordance with the Ukrainian declaration
of independence and its constitution, Lavrov said, adding that both
documents also declare the non-aligned status of Ukraine and respect
for the Russian language and Russian-speaking minorities.
Ukraine's sovereignty,
"was destroyed by
those who staged and supported a coup, the leaders of which then
declared a war on their own people," Lavrov said, referring to
the
2014 Maidan coup.
7 - West is
'de-facto' waging war on Russia
The US and its allies are de-facto engaged in a conflict with
Russia, Lavrov told the press conference.
"We call it a
hybrid
war but it does not change things," he said.
Western nations are
sending arms to Kiev and training its troops, he explained.
"They are de-facto
fighting against us with the hands and bodies of Ukrainians."
Western nations also
openly say that,
"Russia should be
defeated on the battlefield," Moscow's top diplomat said, adding
that Moscow is ready for such a development.
"Under such
circumstances, (if they want it) to be on the battlefield, let
it be on the battlefield," he said...
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