On Friday, Russia referred to China and India as “friendly sovereign global centers of power” and pledged to attach special priority to their thorough deepening and improved cooperation.
President Vladimir Putin endorsed Moscow’s new idea of foreign policy, which it unveiled. Moscow also declared that its relationship with other nations and multilateral organizations depends on how friendly, neutral, or unfavorable their actions are toward it.
Also, Russia said that it placed a high priority on boosting bilateral commerce with India, deepening economic and scientific connections, and assuring opposition to “unfriendly governments and their coalitions’ damaging acts.”
In the declaration, Russia emphasized that it will build on its privileged strategic relationship with India in order to strengthen and broaden their mutually beneficial collaboration in all fields.
“It is particularly important for achieving strategic goals and major objectives of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation to comprehensively deepen ties and enhance coordination with friendly sovereign global centers of power and development, which are located on the Eurasian continent and committed to approaches which coincide in principle with the Russian approaches to a future world order and solutions for key problems of global politics,” the policy states.
The policy document titled “The Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russ” stated that Russia aims to further strengthen the comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation with China and concentrates on the development of a mutually beneficial cooperation in all areas as well as enhancement of coordination in the international arena to ensure security, stability, and sustainable development at the global and regional levels, both in Eurasia and in other parts of the world.
It said that its goal is to make Eurasia a continent-wide community characterized by stability, peace, mutual trust, growth, and prosperity.
By increasing the organization’s actions in light of contemporary geopolitical circumstances, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will be better equipped to provide security in Eurasia and promote the region’s sustainable development, according to the paper.
The objective also entails the creation of a broad Greater Eurasian Partnership integration contour by fusing the potential of all states, regional organizations, and Eurasian associations based on the EAEU, the SCO, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as the fusing of the Eurasian Economic Union development plans and the Chinese initiative “One Belt One Road.”
Also, Russia urged for improving Eurasia’s economic and transport interconnectivity, notably via modernization.
A comprehensive solution was also sought, along with support for Afghanistan’s development into a sovereign, peaceful, and neutral nation with a sound political and economic structure that serves the needs of all the local ethnic groups and creates opportunities for cooperation with other Eurasian nations.
Moscow also sought to strengthen the capabilities and international roles of the RIC (Russia, India, China) and other interstate associations and international organizations, as well as the SCO, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
