MOSCOW, May 25. / TASS /. The Russian side will take all necessary steps to parry the risks and threats posed to national security. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview with the Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet on the eve of his visit to Budapest.
“I do not want to be like those irresponsible politicians who are in favor of his own ambitions are ready to move to sacrifice the interests of maintaining peace and stability in Europe and, without thinking about the consequences, continue to raise rates, spinning flywheel alarmist sentiment, “- said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, commenting on the increase in NATO’s presence in Central Europe
.” at the same time, certainly we can not ignore the growing negative trends, folding as a result taken at the NATO policy of deliberate undermining of the strategic balance of forces in Europe, including the strengthening of military capabilities of NATO near the Russian border, the creation of the European segment of the US global missile defense system. ” “Otherwise, how destabilizing and shortsighted such action can not be named,” – said the Minister
“In this context, the Russian side will take all necessary steps to parry the risks and threats posed to our national security,” -. The head Russian diplomacy.
at the same time Russia, Lavrov recalled, “remains committed to building a mutually beneficial and broad architecture of pan-European security cooperation based on the principle of its indivisibility, with reliance upon international law.” “We expect that NATO will eventually common sense will prevail, and our Western partners will find the strength to give up building a confrontational schemes, due to the desire to ensure its own security at the expense of others”, – said the Minister
Russia holds. independent and multi-vector foreign policy
Autonomy and multiple vectors are key principles of Russian foreign policy, Lavrov said.
According to him, work is continuing on updating the concept of Russia’s foreign policy. “The updated text, – he said – will reflect our assessment of changes in international affairs over the past three years, including the cooling of relations with the West, increasing the integration processes in the Eurasian space, the degradation of the situation in the Middle East and North Africa and the related surge “.
” terrorism and extremism, however, to talk about the new foreign policy “doctrine” is hardly correct – continued Lavrov -. The document will be confirmed by the key principles of Russia’s foreign policy, including its independence, multi-vector policy, openness for equal interaction with all who exercise this reciprocal interest, including in order to effectively address the many problems of our time. They have stood the test of time and proven their effectiveness and relevance “.
Russian Foreign Minister drew attention to the fact that “the world is passing through a difficult, turbulent period of the formation of a new polycentric world order.” “There is a growing competition on the question of what the outlines will the future international system, – he said -. In these circumstances, consistently advocated the need to direct these processes in a civilized fashion, for the joint work to find adequate responses to common challenges, in the first place among them today – international terrorism Such approaches Russia are supported by the majority of countries, “
.” – the minister said -. Our country fully promotes improvement of the situation, reduction of conflicts in the world using the potential of participation in the UN. ” group of twenty “, the EAEC, BRICS, SCO and other multilateral formats. Let me remind you that thanks largely to the principal and Russian creative line managed to reach an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, start the” Vienna process “to promote a political solution in Syria, to agree a number of other important international decisions “.
The crisis in relations between Russia and the EU is the result of the EU’s reluctance to build a dialogue
The reluctance of the EU to build a dialogue partnership has led to a crisis in its relations with Russia, said Sergei Lavrov.
“First of all, I would like to point out that the current crisis in relations with the European Union was the result of persistent unwillingness of partners to build a dialogue based on a genuine partnership, – the minister said. – Russia has consistently expressed its readiness to cooperate with the EU on a wide range of issues – from the abolition of visas to the convergence in the energy sector “.
However, he said in Brussels” prevails shortsighted line to seize geopolitical space. ” “The culmination of this policy became supported by including a number of EU countries, a coup in Ukraine, – Lavrov said. – When seized by force of arms in Kiev power nationalists his irresponsible actions brought the country to the brink of schism, unleashed a civil war, Western countries somehow become around blaming Russia, entered against us unilateral restriction seems, “
.” that the Ukrainian crisis has highlighted the high degree of dependence on the EU’s political and economic influence of Washington. We also would like to deal with a strong European Union that would build relations with international partners, based primarily on self-interest, rather than placing the cornerstone solidarity with non-regional players “, – continued the Minister
. in addition, the minister said, the sanctions against Russia “cause significant damage to the economies of states – members of the EU, destroying create links for decades between commercial operators generally do not contribute to the strengthening of stability and confidence on the European continent, in fact, give rise to new dividing lines in Europe” .
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