Russia will present its new foreign policy concept

The Russian President Website Tuesday or July 15 published the full text of the new foreign policy concept for the Russian Federation approved by the president Dmitri Medvedev. The new concept, or the framework document, determines the content, principles and basic directions of Russia's foreign policy.

Here the public argue that the new concept of foreign policy, published by the Chairman Dmitri Medvedev after more than two months in office, not only indicates Russiam foreign policy retains its continuity and future-oriented and but a clear and distinct image his movement, which is of global concern, was presented clearly and accurately to the international community.

Under the new concept of foreign policy signed by President Medvedev, his country pursues an open, predictable and pragmatic foreign policy. The main objective is to ensure national security, defend and strengthen its sovereignty and territorial integrity, its international reputation and prestige to create favourable external conditions for its modernization. In addition, the new concept aims at establishing a just and democratic globally, collectively to solve global problems by relying on the rule of international law, to form friendly relations with neighbouring countries and to eliminate or to prevent the emergence of tensions or conflicts.

Meanwhile, the new concept note, the strategy of unilateral move jeopardizes the stability of the global situation, raise tensions and arms races, sharpen the contradictions between nations and create ethnic and religious. It also poses a security threat to other countries and is bound to undermine the foundations of international law, because to avoid United Nations Security Council when recourse to the use of force, which leads to The extension of regional conflicts.

As regards external relations, the new concept emphasizes priority to the growth of its bilateral or multilateral ties with the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), to actively promote the peaceful settlement of any conflict in the CIS region and forge bonds of friendship with each CIS member countries on the basis of equality, mutual benefit, mutual respect and taking into account each other's interests.

Priority for Russia in its policy of Asia is to develop its friendly relations with China and India and, on the basis of an attitude based on the same principles on key global issues, strengthen Russia and China strategic partnership of coordination in all fields and take this partnership as a basic element of regional and global stability.

Russia has enormous potential for mutually beneficial cooperation with the USA, which is crucial for global strategic stability and world situation, and Russia hopes to use its existing working mechanism with the USA more effectively.

Russia's political Europe is mainly intended to establish an open and democratic collective cooperative system for the entire region and to achieve a true European unity without a demarcation line through the means of ensuring the Russia-EU / USA coordination on an equal footing, Russia has a negative attitude towards the eastern enlargement of the EU's approach and its military establishments in the Russian border, that this practice undermines Equality and safety standards and give rise to a new frontier in Europe.

Analysts consider, too, now the concept of foreign policy as a measure of vital importance taken to cope with new challenges in respect of changes in the volatile world situation. In its 8-year tenure of office, former President Putin Vlandia Russia prepared on the basis of its upgrade the economic competitiveness of the international community. Thus, Russia has maintained a robust pace of growth of national economy with a rapid supported in its national strength, enhancing its independence in the economy decisions making process and give rise to a good resonance in its external relations.

Former President Vladimir Putin delivered a passionate address to the 43rd Annual Conference on Security in Munich on February 10, 2007. In this speech, he blasted the USA for its policies of unilateralism, the use of force and the deployment of an anti-missile shield in Eastern Europe and he also criticized the EU for enlargement to the east. This is considered an important feature that Russia is to regain confidence in the international arena. At the beginning of President Vladimir Putin, however, the Russian foreign policy concept does not correspond to changes in the global situation and Russia's international status at that time.
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