“The CSTO should act as a factor ensuring balance in the Euro-Atlantic,” Lavrov said in an interview published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

He expressed confidence that the authority of the organization in the world will grow, and its voice will become more and more significant.

Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the collective West, led by the United States, had long moved to break off relations with Russia.