MOSCOW, November 27. /TASS/: It is still possible to try to exert efforts to save the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) from the influence of the West, which is trying to use it in its own interests, but the chances of success are slim, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
Speaking at the Primakov Readings international forum, Lavrov said he felt no optimism regarding "the fate of the associations where the United States and its allies rule the roost."
Among them, he listed NATO, the European Union, the Group of 77, the Council of Europe and the OSCE.
"The latter two were originally conceived as platforms for a broad, pan-European dialogue keynoted by mutually respect, but in the end they are being systematically turned into essentially appendages of the EU and NATO, in fact, into purely marginal structures that the West is trying to use in the worst sense of the word in the interests of its selfish policies. It is still possible to try to save the OSCE, but, I will be frank, the chances are slim," Lavrov said.
The Russian foreign minister drew attention to the fact that significant structures of a new type, where all issues were being resolved on the basis of a balance and consensus: BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), were furnishing significant support for multipolarity.
On the Eurasian continent, Lavrov singled out such structures as the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). In other regions of the world, he pointed to the African Union, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), the League of Arab States (LAS) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
The 9th international forum Primakov Readings is taking place in Moscow on November 27-28, with post-globalization horizons being its key theme. TASS is the conference’s general information partner.
