TIANJIN, September 1. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sees a strong desire among participants of the SCO and SCO+ summits to look out for the interests of their countries.
"This determination, not succumbing to provocations, defending their rights in full compliance with international law, the UN Charter and the principles of the international monetary and financial trading system, which the West itself promotes all the time, this determination, the focus on defending their legitimate interests, it is evident," he told VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin.
Lavrov believes that this determination is "the main result of both the SCO summit and the SCO+ summit."
The Russian minister also pointed out that the United States and other Western countries continue to try to maintain their dominance in the world through blackmail, sanctions, and tariff restrictions.
"The general opinion (of the summit participants - TASS) was that all this has nothing to do with an attempt to defend the legitimate rights of the West in the global economy and politics, but is simply used as a means of suppressing competitors," Lavrov said. "It's clear to everyone that these competitors have not merely grown, but are now ahead of the historical ‘collective West’ on most indicators."
