Russia has said that the European Union cannot help but see the world through the lens of colonialism, accusing the EU of meddling in affairs that are beyond its area of responsibility.
Talking on a Russian state-owned Rossiya-1, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the European Union has never abandoned the principles of colonialism as far as its actions and views on the world processes are concerned. Zakharova said that the misappropriated right to meddle in the affairs of other countries without any sufficient reasons was evidence of the EU’s colonial approach to global affairs.
Zakharova said, “As far as Mr. Josep Borrel (the EU’s Foreign affairs chief) and his understanding of what is the EU’s zone of responsibility and what is not the EU’s zone of responsibility are concerned, it is very wrong to say that colonialism is gone. They [the European countries] have not forgotten about it for a moment. They have lived in accordance with this paradigm all along. On the face of it, their statements were different, but the attitude to other countries of the world relied precisely on this vision of the world.”
She said that the collective West “has assumed the right to take care of the world’s future at a time when the world is not asking for this”.
The Russian diplomat said that the world should get back to the basics of international law on the basis of the UN Charter to avoid military conflicts.
Zakharova said, “The world is asking [the West] only for one thing – to return to the fold of international law. As you may know, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressed the UN with an idea of a hashtag – #OurRulesUNCharter. In other words, it is a call for returning to the fundamental principles that took decades to create, that have been approved collectively, and that have performed the main function – they prevented the world from plunging into another disaster like those humanity experienced in the 20th century.”
