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MOSCOW. — Periodical tension in international relations is inevitable, but those who provoke it must understand the attempts to impose their will on the changing world are futile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday.
The difficult periods are inevitable in international relations but they will end sooner or later, including the current tensions.
Everyone must understand that the world would never be unipolar anymore, Lavrov said in an interview published at the ministry’s website.
The West has been at the crossroads now: whether it wants to preserve global domination or to negotiate with emerging powers, the minister said.
It looks like the West and Kiev deliberately provoked Moscow into the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, Lavrov said.
To isolate Russia has always been the task of Washington and some European countries, while NATO countries frequently say that Russia is a foe rather than a partner, Lavrov said.
This is why Russia cannot turn a blind eye to the West’s punishment, he said, adding that Russia is only responding to those sanctions.
On September 4, Lavrov accused Washington of supporting the “hawks” in Kiev.
Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Sept. 1 that NATO will agree on an action plan to make it more agile than ever to respond to Russia’s “aggressive behaviour.” — Xinhua
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