A senior Russian diplomat who spoke on the sidelines of a security conference in Germany called on the international community on Sunday to find ways to enhance security.

"Very urgent issues of international security were discussed. It seems to me the main conclusion should be that the world is at a crossroads, and that the entire security toolkit should be fundamentally reconfigured," Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told RIA Novosti.

The 46th Munich Security Conference opened in the Bavarian capital on Friday. The three-day forum focuses on the future of European and global security.

Grushko said solutions to global problems should be sought jointly, with account for viewpoints of countries making up the international community.

"Our position is that NATO should build itself into a new system of relations taking into account other countries' legitimate security interests," he said.

The diplomat warned NATO against trying to play a key role in energy security, climate change and other spheres as, he said, this was fraught with the appearance of "new dividing lines."

MUNICH, February 7 (RIA Novosti)