MINSK, October 31 /TASS/. The aggressive activity of the United States and its allies threatens the security of the entire Eurasian continent and increases the risk of its fragmentation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the plenary session of the Second Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security.

“As a result of aggressive actions by the United States, NATO and the European Union, the risks of our continent’s fragmentation have increased. The European security architecture discussed by us is intended to be a constructive alternative to these negative trends, stabilizing the military and political situation on the divided continent , ensure its unity and interconnectedness and remove all threats from the Western Euro-Atlantic direction,” the top Russian diplomat stressed.

Lavrov noted that the West continues to interfere in the South Caucasus and tries to influence the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process, while the United States and its allies are trying to intervene in the fragile process of stabilizing the situation in Afghanistan and inventing excuses to resume their military presence in Central Asia.

“For us, it is clear that the return to previous models where the United States with its delusions of grandeur played the main role is impossible. Especially since things did not improve anywhere where the United States tried to run the show. It will be necessary to take into account the new geopolitical and international and legal reality and generate ideas based not on the rule of power but on equality and a fair balancing of interests,” the Russian foreign minister concluded.