(VOVworld) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that pressures from outside will not force Russia to change its foreign policy which it considers to be correct.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) greets Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (center) and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (right) before a meeting with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council in residence Novo Ogaryovo near Moscow on February 27, 2015. (Photo: Alexei Druginyn)

In a speech at the Diplomatic Academy of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Lavrov pointed out differences between opinions of some western countries in their relations with Russia. On one hand they are trying to isolate Russia and on the other hand they are active in enhancing cooperation with Russia on key issues, such as the Iranian nuclear program, Arab-Israeli settlement, and the fight against international terrorism. He stressed that Russia always wants to develop cooperation with the EU, adding that normalizing relationship with Russia will pave the way for the EU.