BRUSSELS, November 13. /TASS/. The previous European security architecture, which has always been associated with NATO, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Union, has outlived its usefulness and should be replaced by an equitable multipolar system that takes into account the interests of European countries as well, Russian Charge d’Affaires to the EU Karen Malayan said at a reception organized by the Russian mission for diplomats representing countries of the global majority in Brussels.

He emphasized that the artificial preservation of Western dominance, which had lasted for more than 500 years and has now exhausted itself, "is now exhausted." "The previous European security architecture, that has always been associated with NATO, the OSCE and the European Union and based on the Euro-Atlantic ambitions, has been exhausted. In this context, I would like to note that at the recent trilateral talks with the participation of Russia, the USA and Ukraine on the Ukrainian conflict, held in Abu Dhabi, the Russian delegation underlined the need to form a new security architecture in Europe that will provide equal and indivisible security for all, respect the interests of my country, as well as of other nations," he said.

Malayan emphasized that Russia and its partners are working to create a genuinely equitable multipolar world order. According to him, the formation of a multipolar world "is not going smoothly and is facing resistance from those accustomed to thinking in colonial terms." These forces seek to contain rising competitors, resorting to any means available, including tariff wars, illegitimate restrictions and even "outright seizure of foreign vessels and theft of their cargoes, in other words piracy," while reigniting long-standing flashpoints of tension.

Under these circumstances, Russia "attaches paramount importance to preserving and strengthening the central role of the United Nations in world affairs" and establishing countries of the global South and East as sovereign centers of development, he said. In this regard, Malayan highlighted the outcomes of this year’s Russia-ASEAN summit in Kazan in June and the Russia-Africa summit in Moscow in October.

During an open discussion at the Russian diplomatic mission, ambassadors and diplomats from several dozen countries of the global majority actively discussed the outcomes of the Abu Dhabi talks and the upcoming restructuring of the European security system and, in the longer term, the global security architecture.

An exhibition titled "Nuremberg: The Unknown About the Known," prepared by Moscow’s Victory Museum and dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the opening of the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, was on display in the reception hall.