UNITED NATIONS, September 27 (RIA Novosti) – While defending democracy and human rights, the United States disregards the principle of the equality of states around the world, as stipulated in the UN Charter, and makes decisions for other countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday.
"Western alliance led by the United States, while defending democracy and human rights, on the global arena assumes an opposite stance, disregarding the principle of the sovereign equality of states, as stipulated in the UN Charter, and trying to decide for others what is good and what is bad," Lavrov said at the 69th session of the UN General Assembly.
"The contradiction between the need of collaborative efforts to work out adequate responses to common challenges and the urge of certain countries to dominate, to revive the outdated bloc mindset based on military discipline and distorted "friend or foe" worldview, is becoming clearer," the minister added.
