Key Takeaways
- Lavrov warned that NATO’s expansionism threatens the existing ASEAN‑centered regional architecture.
- The formation of AUKUS and other US‑led mini‑alliances heightens geopolitical tension in the Asia‑Pacific region.
- Lavrov cited the UN Charter, stating that adherence to its principles is vital for global peace and stability.
Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has criticized the expansionism of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its attempt to extend its footprints to the entire Eastern Hemisphere said on Tuesday .
In an article published on the official website of the Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, Lavrov warned that NATO is undermining the existing regional architecture around the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and creating a new hotspot of geopolitical tension in the Asia-Pacific region.
Washington is forming military‑political mini‑alliances under its control, such as AUKUS (Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States).
It also supports the trio of the United States, Japan, and South Korea, as well as the quartet of Tokyo, Seoul, Canberra, and Wellington.
These groups are being drawn into practical cooperation with NATO, which is deploying infrastructure in the Pacific arena, Lavrov said.
These efforts pose a threat to the inclusive, consensus-based regional architecture around ASEAN, Lavrov said in the article titled “Observance of the principles of the UN Charter in their entirety and interrelation a guarantee of international peace and stability.”
