Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday (December 3) accused the United
States of pursuing a dictatorial foreign policy and said mounting violence could
derail progress towards bringing peace and democracy to Iraq.
He also criticized the West for setting double standards
on terrorism.
Putin's remarks came on a visit to India.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said, "Attempts to restructure various
civilizations already in existence unilaterally is the most dangerous thing.
The more effective the authors and supporters of these ideas, the more
humanity will lean dangerously in economic and social development.
With the global threats of international terrorism, organized crime and
drugs, the greater the danger of dispersion of weapons of mass destruction, and
the greater the danger of their falling into the hands of terrorists.
"And, I think you will agree with me, never in the history of human
dictatorship, and moreover international affairs, has this resolved, could this
resolve, such a problem. Even if this dictatorship is packaged in beautiful
democratic phraseology, it will not be able to solve systemic problems. On the
contrary, it will only make them worse."
(CCTV.com)