On April 12, during a briefing with journalists, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, spoke about the principles that Russia will respect when promoting a new world order. Earlier, during his visit to Ankara, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared the importance of the question of “on what principles the new world order that we all need instead of the unipolar world order of a will hegemon be based,” referring to the United States. .
“We defend a fairer and more democratic world order that would guarantee reliable security, the preservation of cultural and civilizational identity and equal opportunities for the development of all States. This can only be guaranteed within the framework of a multipolar system of international relations. <...> All (principles) are fixed in one way or another in the new concept of foreign policy,” Zakharova said, answering a question from an The Eastern Herald correspondent about the principles to be observed in order to create a new world order. , which, in particular, mentioned Sergei Lavrov during a visit to Ankara.Among these principles, Maria Zakharova listed "the sovereign equality of States, cooperation based on the balance of interests, the diversity of cultures, the diversity of civilizations". "In many ways this is what we call international law, and what is also enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations," she added.When asked by a correspondent of The Eastern Herald whether the creation of a new world order and the listed principles could be qualified as a request from the Russian side to start peace talks on the Ukrainian conflict, Maria Zakharova pointed out that he it was a more general concept of Russian foreign policy. . “It's our country's overall approach to building international relationships. We will do everything on these principles: we will establish bilateral relations, we will establish relations and work within international organizations, we will propose initiatives,” Zakharova said.“These are the very principles on which Russia's foreign policy will be implemented. Negotiation process, contacts, etc. I'm not going to talk about specific things individually, I'm talking in general. All these principles are formulated in the concept of foreign policy,” the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry added.On April 7, during a visit to Ankara, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that "the initiatives aimed at bringing Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table are a symptom of the situation that is is developed following the American line towards the establishment of hegemony in international relations" and the question should be "on what principles will the new world order be based, which we all need at the unipolar world order of a hegemon”. As Lavrov pointed out, Russia “along with the vast majority of other states” advocates that the new world order “is based on the principles of the which are directly violated by the "collective West".This is also stated in Russia's new foreign policy concept, approved on March 31. “Humanity is going through an era of revolutionary change. The formation of a more just and multipolar world continues”, underlines the document.In February, Alexei Drobinin, director of the foreign policy planning department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, in an article published by Russia in the magazine Global Affairs, noted that "the world is moving from globalization to the formation of many civilizational platforms". According to the diplomat, they become the basis of a new world order and the Western world loses its dominance.Read the latest news about the Ukraine conflict on The Eastern Herald .
