New RU Foreign Policy Strategy Identifies China/India As Main Allies

Russia's new 42-page foreign policy strategy pledges commitment to non-western organisation and identifies China and India as its main allies. See bullet 12:57 GMT for more information.

• The new strategy stresses the importance of "the deepening of ties" with "friendly" countries on the Eurasian continent."
• ANI reports, “Russia will continue to build a particularly privileged strategic partnership with India with a view to enhancing and expanding cooperation in all areas on a mutually beneficial basis...”
• The strategy assigns greater priority to non-western international organisations, "In order to help adapt the world order to the realities of a multipolar world,” including "enhancing the capacity of BRICS, the SCO, the CIS, the EAEU, the CSTO, the RIC (Russia, India, China).. as well as mechanisms with strong Russian participation."
• "Russia will continue to build up a particularly privileged strategic partnership with the Republic of India with a view to enhance and expand cooperation in all areas on a mutually beneficial basis…”
• Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: "The logic of the document [...] reflects the changing geopolitical realities.. which received visible acceleration with the start of a special military operation.”