What are you warning about? Lavrov comes out with the unexpected statement: Protect international laws!

Russia's Foreign Minister has called on all parties in the world to make efforts to protect international laws as "the world is evolving in a complicated way".

Lavrov was speaking through an interpreter at a meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son in Hanoi. His comments come as Western countries have accused Russia of violating international law by invading Ukraine.

"Vietnam is a key partner of Russia in ASEAN, and the two countries' relations are based on their history and common struggle for justice, " Lavrov said at the meeting, referring to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.