Putin: the lack of generally accepted rules leads to aggressive attempts to establish their own norms

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the lack of generally accepted rules in the world leads to attempts by individual countries to aggressively establish their own rules.

According to Putin, the lack of understanding of the principle of equal and indivisible security pushes countries towards selfish behavior and aggressive attempts to achieve unilateral advantages.

MOSCOW, October 1 - RIA Novosti. The lack of generally accepted rules in the world often leads to attempts by individual countries to aggressively establish their own rules, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“The lack of generally accepted rules, understanding of the principle of equal and indivisible security or the abolition of this principle often pushes towards selfish behavior, and in some cases it turns into aggressive attempts to achieve unilateral advantages, aggravate the confusion and take advantage of it in one’s own interests,” Putin said at the plenary session of the 23rd annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club.

The Valdai International Discussion Club is an association of leading foreign and Russian experts in the field of political science, economics, history and international relations. The club was created in September 2004 on the initiative of the RIA Novosti agency, the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and the magazines "Russia in Global Affairs" and Russia Profile. The club owes its name to the location of the first conference, which took place in Veliky Novgorod near Lake Valdai.