"The imposition of a 'rule-based order' instead of unconditional observance of international law is fraught with dangerous relapses of bloc politics, the creation of dividing lines between a group of Western countries and other states," he said.
As the Russian Foreign Minister noted, recent events in the world have shown that "voluntaristic rules" can be applied within Western countries as a punishment for excessive independence.
"At least, many world media outlets regarded the saga with the supply of submarines to Australia as a reaction to the talk about the" strategic autonomy "of Europe, which intensified after the hasty US withdrawal from Afghanistan," the minister added.
Earlier, Lavrov, at the general political discussion of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, proposed a hashtag in support of the Charter of an international organization.