Moscow is building its policy in relation to partners in Central Asia based on “strategic patience.” “Even a hint” by these partners to turn off relations with the Russian Federation threatens them with significant costs. This newspaper Kommersant said by the head of the Third Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Storenik.
“We evaluate the actions of all players primarily at the angle of application or not damaging Russian interests,” he said. “And we make adequate conclusions from this, including together with partners who are vitally interested in not losing these multifaceted ties with the Russian Federation. Even a hint of curtailing can turn into such economic costs that can not be covered by any promise of compensation from the gentlemen (we mean Western players – approx. Newspapers). “
Strik also said that in international organizations with the participation of Russia, such as the Eurasian Economic Union and the Organization of the Collective Security Treaty, there is no “stick discipline”, which, according to the Rosia diplomat, “is characteristic of associations in other regions of the world.”
The diplomat noted that Russia is calm about the initiatives of the countries of the region to launch new transport corridors, for example, through the Caspian Sea. “Search for new exits to world markets is the sovereign right of any country,” he said.