Lavrov: Russia Disagrees Multipolarity Means Confrontation, Chaos

Russia disagrees with the assertion that multipolarity leads to confrontation and global chaos; the authors of these predictions are driven by a desire to live at the expense of others, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.

"We disagree with those of our ideological opponents who claim that multipolarity, or synonymously, polycentrism, inevitably means confrontation, inevitable conflicts, and even global chaos. I don't know what motivates the authors of these forecasts; perhaps it's a desire to stop what they believe is the wonderful moment of unipolarity, prolong it forever, and continue to live at the expense of others," he said at the plenary session of the International Socio-Political Hearings on the Formation of an Architecture of Equal and Indivisible Security and Cooperation in Eurasia.

Nevertheless, Lavrov continued, an objective analysis of events shows that the current stage of global development, "while certainly replete with man-made risks and even dangers," offers countries "great opportunities for equal cooperation and for solving the key problems of our time."

"Of course, we cannot ignore the fact that multipolarity is emerging naturally, through the natural unleashing of the development potential of states and their associations," Lavrov added.