Lavrov presence in Arab League breaking up US hegemony - Analysis
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An analysis shows that the Russian Foreign Minister's presence in the Arab League meeting after the Tehran and KSA summit has serious implications for the future of the Arab world's relations with western countries.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
The daily Al-Rai Al-Youm published an analysis on July 25 that comments on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's speech in the Arab League a few days following the KSA summit and the trilateral meeting in Tehran, saying it carries several messages, particularly for the West, the US, and the Israeli occupation.
The analysis said that the Russian Foreign Minister's speech at the Arab League marked a major change in the Arab world's approach, not only to Ukraine but also to the present international alliances and the gradual shifting toward an emerging Russian-Chinese axis. The analysis described the shift as "a gradual breaking up with the United States and western countries' hegemony."
Without a green light from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Algeria, Lavrov could not be in the Arab League, the analysis added, because "this triangle is the most influential in the Arab world, both in the east and in the west."
Sergey Lavrov's leading the meeting of the ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh and strengthening the OPEC+ agreement with them, in fact, hindered the US' attempt to force Arab countries to increase oil production, in order to lower fuel prices, to the advantage of western countries, the analysis said.
Lavrov's move also came after Russia suspended the operation of the Jewish Agency in the country and Putin refused to respond to the messages of the Israeli occupation Prime Minister Yair Lapid, who stood by the United States during the crisis in Ukraine.
The analysis concludes that most of the Arab states, Egypt and the Persian Gulf countries particularly, have rebelled against the US hegemony after 80 years and are taking a new path that serves their own interests.
