Kremlin Says US Can’t Build ‘New World Order’ that Biden Spoke of  

This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attending a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 10, 2023. (AFP)
This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attending a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 10, 2023. (AFP)
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Kremlin Says US Can’t Build ‘New World Order’ that Biden Spoke of  

This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attending a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 10, 2023. (AFP)
This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attending a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 10, 2023. (AFP)

The Kremlin said on Monday that it agreed with US President Joe Biden on the need to build a "new world order", but that it disagreed that the United States was capable of building it.

In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the US was talking about an "American-centric" world order that would not exist in future.

The exchange was emblematic of a contest, playing out against the background of the Ukraine and Gaza wars, in which Russia is trying to persuade developing countries to join it in building a new world free of US "hegemony".

In a speech on Friday, Biden said the order that had worked well for 50 years after World War Two had "sort of run out of steam" and a new one was needed. He said Americans had "an opportunity to do things, if we're bold enough and have enough confidence in ourselves, to unite the world in ways that it never has been".

Peskov said Moscow was in rare agreement with Biden about the need for a new order that, in his words, would be "free from the concentration of all mechanisms of world governance in the hands of one state".

But he said Russia disagreed with Biden about the capacity of the United States to build such a system.

"In this part we disagree because the United States... no matter what world order they talk about, they mean an American-centric world order, that is, a world that revolves around the United States. It won't be that way any more."



China, Russia Should Work Together for Middle East Peace, Beijing Says

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia July 9, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia July 9, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS
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China, Russia Should Work Together for Middle East Peace, Beijing Says

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia July 9, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia July 9, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS

China's foreign minister told his Russian counterpart on Thursday that China and Russia should strengthen strategic coordination to promote peace in the Middle East, according to a ministry statement, Reuters reported.

Wang Yi said the two countries should push for a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue, as he met with Russia's Sergei Lavrov in Kuala Lumpur, China's foreign ministry said.

"Peace cannot be achieved through force, and applying pressure won't solve problems," Wang said, adding that dialogue and negotiations were the way out.