Minsk, 28 June: Moscow is against "strategic games" in Europe which aim to create potential for confrontation and build European politics on the basis on a "friend-or-foe" principle, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday [28 June] in his address at the Belarusian State University.

"We do not foresee any confrontation with anyone, including the USA. This means that one cannot talk of any kind of "new cold war". There are no objective reasons for that," Lavrov said.

"Estrangement and alienation would have serious consequences in modern conditions, " he said.

"While keeping the right not to agree with partners, Russia is always ready for truly collective joint actions, if our partners make such a choice," Lavrov said.

He expressed his regret about the fact that the recent emergency conference of CFE member states did not allow them to coordinate positions regarding the future fate of this treaty.

"We are ready to continue the dialogue. We do not understand why one should rush into making a decision on Kosovo or implementing plans to deploy elements of the US national defence system in Eastern Europe," Lavrov said.

We propose to begin with strengthening trust. If there is a high level of trust, the rest will be easy," he added.