“The changes that are taking place in the world are reflected in the draft foreign policy concept, which must be approved by the president literally in the very near future, we are counting on this,” TASS quoted him as saying.

According to Lavrov, Russia will continue to pursue an independent foreign policy.

Earlier, the press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, said that a new concept of Russia's foreign policy would be published in the near future.

On February 15, Lavrov announced that the updated concept of Russian foreign policy will focus on the need to stop the monopoly of the West.