ANKARA, April 8 (AFP) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said any Ukraine peace talks must focus on creating a “new world order” and take into account “Russian interests, Russian concerns”.

Russia has long said it was leading a struggle against the United States’ dominance over the global stage and argues the Ukraine offensive is part of that fight.

Earlier this week, Moscow said it had no choice but to continue its more than yearlong offensive in Ukraine, seeing no diplomatic solution.

“Any negotiation needs to be based on taking into account Russian interests, Russian concerns,” Lavrov said on Friday after meeting his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara.

“It should be about the principles on which the new world order will be based,” he said, adding that Russia rejects a “unipolar world order led by ‘one hegemon'”.

Cavusoglu, whose country hosted talks between Russia and Ukraine last year, called for a resumption of dialogue and expressed “concerns that the war will escalate in spring”.