Lavrov Backs Multipolar World Order, Criticises Western Policies

Dragon Media News Desk

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said world politics is moving towards a multipolar order. Addressing the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, he said countries of the Global South and East are emerging as independent centres of development and regional security.

According to Lavrov, sovereignty, international law and resistance to external pressure underpin Russia’s foreign policy. He said cooperation among sovereign states is expanding through forums including the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and BRICS. He accused Western countries of trying to preserve their longstanding influence and privileges by imposing their rules on others.

Citing events in Venezuela and Iran, Lavrov said the use of force had further destabilised the international order. He called for the immediate release of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and condemned the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other officials. The legal and political interpretation of these events in his speech represents the Russian government’s position.

On the war in Ukraine, Lavrov claimed that Russia was continuing its military operation to protect the security and rights of people in Donbas and the territory Moscow calls Novorossiya. He reiterated Russia’s commitment to eliminating what it considers threats to its security and achieving the operation’s objectives. He also called for the principles of the UN Charter to be applied consistently.

Referring to the victory over Nazism and the judgment of the Nuremberg Tribunal, Lavrov said the lessons of history must be remembered. He accused some European political leaders of promoting extremist and anti-Russian views. His address reaffirmed Moscow’s established positions on a multipolar world order, its confrontation with the West and the war in Ukraine.