Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on the 24th (local time) that the international situation is in a more dangerous state than during the Cold War.
According to Russia’s Rianovosti News Agency, Minister Lavrov presided over a UN Security Council meeting held at the UN headquarters in New York on the same day and said, “We have reached a threshold that is as dangerous as the Cold War era, and perhaps even more dangerous.” Russia is chairing the circuit this month.
He argued that the West, including the US, was instigating war rather than diplomacy and undermining the advantages of globalization with economic sanctions.
In addition, the United Nations was established to prevent the horrors of war, but argued that the United Nations is experiencing a crisis, criticizing that the US-centered order is replacing international law.
Lavrov said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has also been “transformed into a vehicle for achieving the goals of the United States and its allies, including those of a military nature.” did.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres also said, “Tensions between great powers have reached a historical high,” adding, “The risk of war, whether accidental or misjudgment, is the same.”
In addition, foreign media reported that Secretary-General Guterres condemned the invasion of Ukraine in front of Minister Lavrov.
“Russia’s invasion violates international law and is causing tremendous suffering to the people of Ukraine,” he said, adding that “it is fueling the global economic chaos unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Meanwhile, after the meeting, Minister Lavrov discusses with Secretary-General Guterres the extension of Ukraine’s Black Sea grain export agreement. This agreement expires on May 18.
It is said that Minister Lavrov has no plans to meet separately with US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln during the UN meeting.
Source: Donga
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