Moscow. Farid Akbarov – APA. I don’t see any prerequisites for the new edition of the Cold War to become a reality, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the students of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations on Thursday, APA’s Moscow correspondent reported.
"Of course, it is very difficult to compare these two situations (50 years ago and today), they are in stark contrast to each other. I don’t see any prerequisites for the new edition of the Cold War to become a reality," Lavrov said.
According to Lavrov, in contrast to the era of ideological differences, Russia and the United States have common principles that both countries share as part of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the United Nations.
"They envisage a democratic development of societies," Lavrov said.