Western Leadership Waning, Global South Emerging as New Power: Putin

Kathmandu — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Western countries are losing their leadership positions and are being replaced by new centres of growth, such as the countries of the Global South.

In a video address to the Open Dialogue International Forum in Moscow, Putin said that a more complex, multipolar architecture of international development is taking shape. Countries that truly understand and appreciate the importance of national sovereignty are playing an increasingly prominent role in international affairs, he added.

Putin also noted that current global challenges require coordinated responses and joint efforts by all nations. The global development model can only be stable and just when it is based on the principles of equality and mutual respect while taking into consideration the interests of all countries, he stressed.