Lavrov said that Russia is similarly supporting diplomatic efforts in resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict and call on other nations not to try to monopolize them. A two-state solution must be implemented to ensure peace, he stated.
18:13 GMT
Lavrov said that accusations by some Western nations need no better basis that saying it is ‘highly likely’. Lessons of the history have not been learned, he added.
Similar false pretexts were used to attack Yugoslavia, Iraq and Libya and a fabricated claim was used to attack Syria this year. he said.
The 7-year-old war in Syria is a failed attempt of regime change with the help of extremists shipped from outside the country, which almost turned it into a terrorist caliphate, he continued adding that Russia helped turn the tide in Syria with military assistance and diplomatic support. The progress in finding a political resolution of Syrian domestic problems is underway, he said.
18:11 GMT
The world is paying a high price for the ambitions of the few. he continued. Collective security mechanisms fail, he said.
Diplomacy gets replaced with dictate, unilateral restrictions and exterritorial sanctions, he added. These measures are not only affecting dozens of nations, but also prove to be ineffective in reaching their stated goals, as evidenced by the 50-year-long trade blockade of Cuba by the US, he continued.
18:09 GMT
Lavrov said that Western nations claim they want a rules-based order, but they invent those rules as they go, as required by their interests. He explained that they accuse others of meddling in their affairs while openly toppling foreign democratically elected governments. Drag nations into their military alliances while ordering others who they should and should chose as allies, he added.
18:08 GMT
He explained that reactionary forces don’t hesitate to use any means, including blackmail and force, to pursue their interests. He said that this undermines the credibility of international agreements and undermines decisions taken within the framework of the UN in favor of unilateral self-interests.
This approach, he thinks, has already hurt Middle East peace process, the nuclear deal with Iran, rules of the WTO and international effort to fight climate change.
18:05 GMT
International relations are undergoing a difficult period of change, during which two opposing trends are locked in a conflict, Lavrov said. One is the rise of new centers of political and economic power, who seek national development according to their own preferences, he added.
18:05 GMT
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has started his speech before the UN General Assembly.
At midday on Friday 5 February, 2016 Julian Assange, John Jones QC, Melinda Taylor, Jennifer Robinson and Baltasar Garzon will be speaking at a press conference at the Frontline Club on the decision made by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on the Assange case.
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