Foreign intervention destabilizes sovereign countries, fuels conflict potential - Lavrov

BEIJING, February 2. /TASS/. Intervention in the internal affairs of sovereign states not only destabilizes entire countries, but also fuels the conflict potential in international relations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the opening of a ministerial meeting of Russia, India and China on Monday. "Of late we were able to see again that intervention in the internal affairs of sovereign states, including the use of radical forces for this purpose, not only destabilizes entire countries, but also fuels the conflict potential in international relations," Lavrov said. "I would like to use our meeting for maintaining the objective process of forming a polycentric world order, reflecting the civilizational diversity of the modern world," he said. Lavrov remarked that the trust-building dialogue among Russia, India and China was not only an effective instrument of developing bilateral relations, but also a major factor of international politics. "We have gathered at a no simple moment, when the world is getting ever less safe and predictable. Risks and instability are soaring," he added. "This is very sad, because in the modern world not a single state or a group of states has the resources sufficient for effectively addressing key global problems on its own. Read more