Mr. Lavrov in his speech at the UN General Assembly’s annual ministerial meeting underlined the need for a new world security alliance, a proposal presented on 5 June by President Dmitrii Medvedev.
According to the proposal, a new collective security treaty must be made, under which European governments would act as independent states rather than members of blocs and alliances.
In his address, the foreign minister said that the treaty will create “a reliable collective system, which will secure the equal security of all states and in a law-committing manner highlight the basis for interaction between the stakeholders for the benefit of peace and stability”.
Consequently, the treaty will secure “the unity and managed development of the whole extensive Euro-Atlantic region”, Mr. Lavrov said in his speech published at the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website.
The international community has met the Russian proposal with lukewarm interest. Still, the idea is not all dismissed. The EU is among the ones ready to discuss the proposals.
Denis Daniilidis, a spokesman for the EU’s delegation to Russia, said to the Moscow Times that EU member states consider Moscow’s proposal an “interesting idea to explore” and are open for discussion. He added, however, that the new security arrangements should not exclude NATO and the OSCE but rather buttress existing security cooperation between countries.
