The head of the Russian foreign Ministry announced that Moscow opposes "simple" straight confrontation between Russia and the West. Sergey Lavrov stressed that countries, which are considered neighbors must interact with each other. The Minister of foreign Affairs powers urged the West to stop the opposition to join efforts aimed at resistance to large-scale threats such as terrorism. "Despite the unfriendly actions of Western partners, we as before against sliding in the direction of simple circuits straightforward confrontation between Russia and the West. Russia is ready to continue to make a fruitful contribution to the solution of cross-border difficulties, obviously, mutually respectful, equitable basis," said Lavrov. According to him, only because you started the Ukrainian crisis, large-scale challenges do not disappear. "It is enough to mention the real war waged by extremists in Syria and Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, about the situation in Afghanistan. And let's not forget the crises in Africa: we have arrived to help the EU in Chad and the Central African Republic, in combination worked against piracy" - quoted Lavrov RIA Novosti. The Minister stressed that only a collective effort can be cooperated effective resistance to such challenges as terrorism, narcotics industry, the proliferation of weapons of bulk destruction, illegal migration, climate change and so on. "The refusal of interaction is not an option in relations between Russia and the West, not us, not for them. But it is clear that the old insincere in respect of the Russian Federation, filled double stereotypes relationship models return, apparently, will not" - said the head of the foreign Ministry. In addition, the Minister announced that the Ukrainian crisis solidly shook the international environment and its effects will be felt for quite a long time. "The Ukrainian crisis that shook the international environment, its effects will be felt for quite a long time. It is difficult to predict how things will go in the world, but you can be sure that the future will present many pitfalls," he announced his opinion Lavrov. The Minister announced that occurred in Ukraine "was not a manifestation of consciously fresh orientations, but rather the culmination of the course that our Western partners have worked many years in respect of the Russian Federation". "Habit not to catch the Russian as their own is in Western Europe for centuries - but even this is despite the fact that for at least the last 3 centuries, we are considered an integral part of European culture and politics. Specifically, periods of more vigorous participation of Russia in European Affairs was characterized by stability and peace on the continent," said Lavrov.