The world financial crisis will not lead to war

The world financial crisis will not lead to war, convinced the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov.

“I see no reason for the world financial crisis resulted in war” - he said today on the radio “Voice of Russia.” The Minister pointed out that many people today hold an analogy with the “time of the Great Depression, after which the trend of economic and financial relations among nations lessened. ” autarkic tendencies and processes prevailed, and all of them ended with World War II. I do not see the conditions now, to repeat the scenario,” - noted the Minister.

However, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry is confident “that the crisis will not leave the world without a change, it is obvious.” “First of all, I mean the international financial and economic system, - said Sergey Lavrov. - Unable to continue this support system based on those institutions that were established 60 years ago and reflected the balance of powers in the world at that time and which today are far from fully taking into account the new situation characterized by the emergence of powerful new centers of economic growth. ”

According to S. Lavrov, the old structures do not take into account the new situation, “do not take into account the emergence of powerful new financial centers” that “objectively reflect the ongoing process of forming a multipolar world.” “From an economic and financial power comes political influence. Of course, these centers want their new role in the world was reflected in the structures, which are designed to manage the world’s financial processes.”

“No wonder the proposal, which has made Russia during the summit in London, included the need not to lose sight of the long-term task of reforming the international monetary financial system in order to make it more transparent, better reflect the realities of power in the world economy and finance and that decisions made in this system are more democratic “- recalled Lavrov. “This conversation is just the beginning, but that process has not stopped, I have no doubt,” - he emphasized.

The Minister is convinced that ” for the sustainability of the world, it is important that all points of economic development interacted with each other.” “If someone had illusions, that one nation can solve problems independently, they  long disappeared, - said Sergey Lavrov. - United States of America is one of the top, even it is the most powerful state.” “But for the resolution of global problems and those that they have, the U.S. should cooperate more and more with other countries, - says the head of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. - But such cooperation can be achieved in more and more equal basis.”

Sergey Lavrov