Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (Photo: AFP).
"The 500-year-long dominance of the West is coming to an end and will be replaced by a new polycentric world ," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned in a video address at the Doha Forum on December 10.
According to him, the West believes that it can use the globalization model it has built over centuries to maintain its dominance. "However, other countries, using precisely the principles and tools of Western globalization, have defeated the West on their own turf, building their economies on the basis of national sovereignty , on the basis of balancing interests with other countries," Foreign Minister Lavrov stressed.
According to Russia's top diplomat, new centers of economic growth and political influence are emerging that are changing the balance of power in the world and not to the West's liking.
The Russian foreign minister said that in order to prevent this kind of development, the US and its allies in recent years have "sacrificed" globalization in favor of the so-called "rules-based world order." Such an approach is most evident "in various conflicts that the West has provoked around the world," including the conflict in Ukraine, Lavrov said.
He also said that new formats such as BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, ASEAN, the African Union (AU) and others would become "the building blocks of a new polycentric world." "Even the West needs to admit that the objective course of history... is the development of a multipolar world," Lavrov said.
Foreign Minister Lavrov has spoken out against countries like the UK and the US, saying Western nations are waging a “hybrid war” against his country based on “cancel culture”. He asserted that Russia has become stronger thanks to its special military operation in Ukraine.
Asked if a ceasefire could be achieved through diplomatic talks with Russia's neighbour, he said: "You would have to call Mr Zelensky (Ukrainian President) because a year and a half ago he signed a decree banning any talks on a ceasefire with President Vladimir Putin."
The Russian foreign minister's comments came after President Putin confirmed his plans to run for re-election in Russia's elections next year, a move that would keep him in power until 2030.
According to an independent poll, about 80% of Russians support another term for President Putin. Political observers also say that President Putin is almost certain to be re-elected in the election to be held in March 2024 because the Russian leader still enjoys strong support after nearly a quarter of a century in power.
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