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is part, should not be torn into spheres of influence because economic, technological and cultural contacts bring nations closer together instead of alienating them and not only in Europe. He implied that the old structure of military security has started seriously impeding Europe"s development and the processes of globalization, thereby causing it to lag behind other parts of the world. Mr Lavrov described this trend as "unsound." Usually such statements are made from the rostrum if the bigger part of the audience accepts them, at least in their minds.The Russian foreign minister focused on the proposals to revive the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) as the only agency currently uniting the Euro-Atlantic space. As for the initiative on a European security treaty, now Moscow is talking about only one principle - indivisibility of security in the Euro-Atlantic space and wants to make this principle legally binding.