Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Tuesday, September 20 to continue his "
sovereign
" foreign policy and denounced the desire for American "
hegemony
" before the United Nations General Assembly, marked this year by Moscow's offensive in Ukraine.
Although he sent his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to New York, no speech by Vladimir Putin is planned for the General Assembly this year, in the context of the Russian intervention in Ukraine, widely condemned in the world.
But on Tuesday in Moscow receiving the credentials of recently arrived foreign ambassadors, the Russian head of state made a speech that could have had its place at the 77th edition of the diplomatic high mass.
“Promote a unifying international agenda”
“
The development towards multipolarity unfortunately encounters resistance from those who strive to maintain a hegemonic role in world affairs and to control everything: Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa
” , Vladimir Putin said in a veiled allusion to Washington.
“
It has to be said: those who are in a position of hegemony have been doing quite well for quite some time, but it cannot go on like this forever.
It is impossible
,” he added.
“
We, Russia, will not deviate from our sovereign trajectory.
As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, we intend to further promote a unifying international agenda (...) and contribute to the settlement of serious regional crises
", added the Russian President, who launched in February his troops stormed neighboring Ukraine.
“
It is from these principles that Russia will speak at the opening of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly
,” added the Russian president.
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Vladimir Putin's statements are part of a context of open crisis between Russia and the West, due in particular to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.
At an Asian regional summit last week, Vladimir Putin spoke of the "
increasing role of new centers of power
", such as China, India and Russia.