"Attempts to establish a unipolar model of the world order with a decision-making center in Washington failed"

This was stated by Lavrov in his welcoming address to the participants of the World Conference on Multipolarity.

Main statements:

- Attempts by the US and its satellites to isolate the Russian Federation failed;

- More and more countries want to become members of the SCO and BRICS;

- A multipolar architecture should be based on a balance of interests, not fear;

- The share of the G7 states in the global economy has declined significantly over the past decades, while the weight of countries with emerging markets is growing;

- Russia remains at the forefront of international efforts to strengthen the multipolar, legal, democratic principles of interstate communication.

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