Lavrov: The US dollar is a weapon for global trade wars

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov emphasized on Monday that America uses the dollar and international economic cooperation as a weapon for global trade wars.

According to the “Rasha Today” website, the Russian Foreign Minister said in a speech at the “Primakov Readings” international conference: “The United States and its allies in the European Union are using a wide range of geopolitical engineering tools. which includes launching economic and trade wars.”

The Russian Foreign Minister continued: “Western countries are hindering the effective operation of the World Trade Organization, primarily to resolve disputes. They have destroyed the legal foundations related to world economic relations, such as free competition and property immunity.” Lavrov continued this speech and noted that America has long used the dollar as a weapon. used and the “destructive actions” of Western countries have had a negative effect against those who applied them.

According to this senior diplomat of the Russian government, the sanctions imposed under the leadership of the United States in order to isolate Russia and the paralyzing of its economy were implemented, in fact, they led to the “strengthening of the multipolar system in international relations”. Lavrov emphasized that Westerners in the world felt this growing. “No one is immune from the aggressive actions of Washington and Brussels,” he said, not only Russia but many other countries are now “consistently reducing their dependence on western currencies by replacing other currencies for foreign trade agreements.

According to Rashatudi, last year after the anti-Russian sanctions of the west on the pretext of the war in Ukraine The exclusion of Moscow from the western financial systems and the confiscation of its foreign reserves led to the global trend of replacing national currencies instead of the US dollar in trade.

With the strengthening of the multipolar system at the global level, more countries are looking to create new supply chains and transportation corridors. Lavrov pointed out: “The unfair and unbalanced pattern of globalization is obsolete.”

The European Union, along with the United States of America and other countries, imposed unprecedented sanctions against Moscow after Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022, including a price ceiling of 60 dollar for oil, seizing and confiscating the property of Russian citizens and imposing sanctions on hundreds of products.

Serbia and several other countries resisted the pressure of their western partners to join these sanctions against Russia with this argument. who protect their national interests and want to maintain good relations with Russia.

Early September last month, in a situation where the unprecedented pressure of the United States and its allies against Russia and their comprehensive support It continued from Ukraine, the publication of this report that the German foreign minister is disappointed with the effectiveness of sanctions against Russia made news.

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