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Any of the ongoing conflicts on the Eurasian continent can grow into a big war, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov said in a new episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA's YouTube channel.

“I think they are all dangerous in their own way. Each of them can trigger a big war. I am referring in particular to what is happening in the Middle East,” Sergey Lavrov said.

“There are several hot spots there: Syria, Libya, and Yemen. All this is spilling over into the African continent. All this is happening in the wake of Libya. The country was destroyed solely because, as I believe, Gaddafi pursued an independent policy. All this is happening in the wake of Libya. The country was destroyed solely because, as I believe, Gaddafi pursued an independent policy. Once he was persuaded to give up nuclear weapons, he got what the West had been preparing for a long time, in advance. He himself was killed. They carried out an aggression against Libya in violation of the UN Security Council resolution. The country, which lost its statehood, became the launching pad for huge flows of illegal migrants that poured to the north, to Europe. The militants, who overthrew Gaddafi, with European, in particular, with French weapons, went down to the south. Then they began to threaten a great number of African countries with terrorist actions and continue to threaten,” the Russian minister said.