MOSCOW, October 27. /TASS/. The world community needs common, equally interpreted rules that will reflect the balance of interests of all countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary meeting of the Valdai international discussion club on Thursday.

"What can constitute their basis? Observance of interests, openness and general rules, uniformly understood and applied by all participants in international contacts," he said while answering a question what norms should underlie the world order.

The Russian leader added that it was necessary to achieve a balance of interests of the entire international community, and not of one state or a group of countries, and to "follow the norms publicly, and not behind the scenes."

"They (norms - TASS) do exist, they are enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. These rules are called ‘international law’. It is necessary to ensure that everyone should observe and understand these rules in the same way. These rules can be canceled or fundamentally revised only when the basis for the development of relations on some other principles is in place," Putin explained.

"The UN Charter put on record the existing alignment of forces after the Second World War. The world has changed in a fundamental way: such giants as China, India, Indonesia are growing. Huge countries are developing in Africa. The norms of international law should follow these changes and regulate relations between states in accordance with the balance of power that takes shape in accordance with the realities of life in the world. But this must be done calmly, slowly, and according to understandable principles, and not some rules somebody has invented," Putin said.

He condemned certain countries for their attempts to develop and independently interpret the rules of international relations.

"They are waging a trade war on China. They are trying to tell China what to do in its individual provinces and how to go about the business of regulating the observance of human rights. These are the tools being used in the struggle against the People's Republic of China. They are tools of unfair competition. The ones who use them are afraid of China’s growing power. This is the root cause of everything," he explained.