Putin: it's time to stop playing geopolitical games
MOSCOW. May 23 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said global instability is on the rise and it is now time to stop forcing someone's methods and values on countries.
"The process of development of a new polycentric system of international relations is proceeding with difficulty and is accompanied by an increase in global instability. We have not been able to make considerable headway in the formation of a union space of peace, security and stability in Europe and the Atlantic," Putin said in his address to participants in a security conference, which was read at the opening ceremony by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
"The situation in the Middle East and Northern Africa remains tense, and serious risks are associated with the situation in Afghanistan," the president said.
"Obviously, modern challenges and threats make it necessary to stop the archaic logic of geopolitical games with a zero result, the attempts to force your own methods and values on other peoples, including by colored revolutions," the address says.
