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on september 28, the general debate of the 79th united nations general assembly entered its fifth day. in his speech that day, russian foreign minister lavrov criticized the hegemonic behavior and double standards of western countries, called for the restoration of equality and cooperation based on the united nations charter, and advocated a more just multi-polar international order.

on the same day, lavrov also responded to questions from cctv reporters by setting up a "friends of peace" group for the ukraine crisis in china, brazil, egypt and other countries to use the power of "global south" countries to mediate the russia-ukraine conflict.

cctv reporter xu dezhi: brazil, china and other countries with similar views have established a "friends of peace" group to mediate the russia-ukraine conflict. will russia consider options from countries in the “global south”? what role do you think the countries of the “global south” will play?

lavrov said that the plan of the "friends of peace" group represents the opinions of countries in the "global south". he expected to see more concrete content. he said the solution to the crisis must target its root causes. the root cause of the russia-ukraine conflict is ukraine's quest to join nato.

lavrov stressed that the principles of the united nations charter should be fully considered, including the balance between national sovereignty and the right of peoples to self-determination. he called on the international community to fully understand the root causes of the conflict and base it on the complete principles of the united nations charter when resolving the russia-ukraine conflict.