Russia at U.N. accuses U.S., allies of bossing world around | Reuters
Russia used its annual appearance at the U.N. General Assembly on Saturday to accuse the United States and its Western allies of bossing the world around, complaining they were attempting to dictate to everyone "what is good and evil."
"The U.S.-led Western alliance that portrays itself as a champion of democracy, rule of law and human rights within individual countries ... (is) rejecting the democratic principle of sovereign equality of states enshrined in the U.N. Charter and trying to decide for everyone what is good or evil," he said.
"Washington has openly declared its right to unilateral use of force anywhere to uphold its own interests," Lavrov added. "Military interference has become a norm - even despite the dismal outcome of all power operations that the U.S. has carried out over the recent years."
Lavrov cited the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo war, the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, and the 2011 NATO intervention in Libya that led to the toppling and death of longtime Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi as examples of U.S. failures.
Moscow has also criticized the United States over airstrikes against Islamic State, an Islamist militant group often referred that has taken over large areas of Syria and Iraq and is blamed for brutal slayings of civilians.
Russia on Friday questioned the legality of U.S. and Arab airstrikes in Syria to target Islamic State because the action was taken without the formal approval and cooperation of Moscow's ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
He reiterated Moscow's view that the United States and European Union "supported the coup d'etat in Ukraine" and that they were therefore responsible for the current conflict there.
Separately, Lavrov demanded information about the state of Libya's chemical weapons arsenals after the Libyan government asked the global chemical weapons watchdog to draw up plans to ship a stockpile of 850 metric tons of chemicals overseas because of deteriorating security.
"We understand that our NATO colleagues after they bombed out this country in violation of (U.N. Security Council) resolution would not like to stir up the mayhem they created," Lavrov said. "However, the problem of uncontrolled Libyan chemical arsenals is too serious to turn a blind eye."
Lavrov: Western bloc headed by Washington rejects UN principle that all states are equal ― RT News
ロシア外相 国連演説で欧米を強く批判 NHKニュース
ロシアのラブロフ外相は２７日、国連総会で演説し、冒頭「欧米各国は国内で民主主義や法の支配、人権を掲げながら、国際社会では異なる立場をとり、自分たちの都合で善と悪を決めつけている」と欧米側を強くけん制しました。
そのうえで政府軍と親ロシア派の間で戦闘が続いたウクライナ情勢について、「欧米は、ウクライナ政府が独自の言語や文化、歴史を守ろうとする国民を抑圧するのを支持してきた」と非難したうえで、「ロシアは平和的な解決を目指している。圧力をかけてもわれわれの信念や正義を屈服させることはできない」と述べ、欧米による制裁に強く反発しました。
一方、イスラム過激派組織「イスラム国」に対して、アメリカがシリア政府の要請を受けずにシリア国内にも空爆の範囲を広げたことについて、「テロとの戦いは国際法の十分な根拠に基づくべきだ。シリアでのテロとの戦いはシリア政府との協力が必要だ」と述べ、アメリカの対応を批判しました。国連総会では先週、アメリカのオバマ大統領がウクライナ情勢を巡るロシアの対応を厳しく非難していただけに、ラブロフ外相はそれに強く反論するかたちとなりました。
