Lavrov: Eurasian countries must share responsibility for conflict resolution, preventing negative foreign interference

The North Atlantic Alliance is expanding its presence and seeking to establish dominance across the entire Eurasian region, as well as in the Asia-Pacific countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a United Russia party council meeting.

Lavrov also noted that, unlike NATO, Russia believes that the countries in the region should resolve their issues themselves. According to him, this logic is the foundation of the Eurasian security concept proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, which asserts that regional problems should be addressed by the regional countries themselves.

“This means that it is the countries of the region, in this case, the countries of Eurasia, that should bear joint responsibility for conflict resolution, preventing negative external interference. This is particularly important given that the collective West, by choosing a NATO-centric policy, has essentially undermined the agreements reached, primarily those established within the framework of the OSCE, where it has been repeatedly declared at the highest levels and based on consensus that the principle of indivisibility of security is paramount and that no organization will claim a dominant role in the region,” Lavrov stated. “However, all of this has been violated. The initiative of the Russian president is about a different approach to security, one that is based on ‘equal rights’ for security, which will be ensured without the involvement of extra-regional forces.”