Putin on foreign policy: The main thing is Belarus, at the very end of the EU and the USA, not a word about Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin began the foreign policy part of today’s address to the Federal Assembly by mentioning Belarus, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“We consider it right to strengthen interactions within the Union State of Russia and Belarus, including closer coordination in the foreign policy sphere and the economy. Together with our integration partners, we will continue to strengthen common markets and strengthen external relations of the Eurasian Economic Union,” Putin said
He also mentioned that the allies will have to implement the decisions taken to link the EurAsEC with the Chinese “One Belt, One Road” initiative. The president called relations between Russia and China a stabilizing factor.
Further, among Russia’s priorities, Putin named India, Japan, with which it is necessary to conclude a peace treaty, and the countries of Southeast Asia.
Only after this did Putin say that Russia hopes to restore normal relations with EU countries.
As for US relations, the President noted with regret that he was forced to dwell on them due to the country’s withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
Putin did not mention Ukraine at all in his message today.
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