Lavrov Calls for New Eurasian Security Architecture and Multipolar Order

Challenging Western Hegemony and Security Council Reform

Quoting President Vladimir Putin, Lavrov asserted that the dictatorship of a single hegemon has run amok and is simply dangerous for everyone around it. According to Lavrov, a fairer international order is emerging as nations in the Global South and East assert themselves as sovereign centers of development. Turning to United Nations reform, Lavrov argued that the Security Council should not add Germany or Japan as permanent members, accusing both countries of pursuing militarization and revanchism. Instead, Moscow backs permanent seats for Brazil and India alongside expanded representation for African nations. Lavrov also welcomed the UN Convention against Cybercrime, initiated by Russia and opened for signature in Hanoi last October, alongside Chinese-backed proposals for global artificial intelligence governance.

Middle East Conflicts and Non-Proliferation Concerns

Lavrov criticized international handling of Middle Eastern conflicts, condemning the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with his family and military leadership, as an unacceptable manifestation of coercive diktat. He stated that a broader US-Israeli military campaign had struck Iranian nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, causing irreparable damage to the global non-proliferation system. On the Gaza Strip, Lavrov said the Security Council-endorsed 20-point US peace plan had failed to deliver peace, noting that civilians continue to die while humanitarian conditions remain critical. Addressing the occupied West Bank, he warned that continued Israeli settlement expansion would make a future Palestinian state impossible due to a lack of remaining land. He called for urgent, unconventional international action across Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, and South Sudan, while also renewing calls to lift the US blockade of Cuba. Lavrov also condemned the US seizure and detention of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife earlier this year, demanding their immediate release.

The War in Ukraine and European Security

A New Eurasian Security Framework

Lavrov accused European governments of arming Ukraine and facilitating strikes against civilians, while obstructing potential peace talks involving interested parties such as the Trump administration in Washington. Marking 80 years since the conclusion of the Nuremberg trials, he accused European Union nations of tolerating Ukrainian Nazism and restricting the Russian language. Our struggle for truth and justice will be carried through to the end, Lavrov stated, adding that Moscow’s military operations would achieve their objectives. To counter NATO’s expansion into Southeast and Northeast Asia, Lavrov announced that Russia, Belarus, and partner nations had adopted a New York statement launching work on a Eurasian Charter on Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century. He invited other states to help build this new continent-wide architecture of peace and development based on the principle of equal and indivisible security.