Russia prioritizes the development of mutually beneficial cooperation with China in all areas, providing mutual assistance and strengthening coordination in the international arena to ensure security, stability, and sustainable development at the global and regional levels, the document said.

In addition, Russia strives to improve the infrastructure of an international transport corridor connecting Europe with western China and develop the Russia-Mongolia-China economic corridor, it said.

The Foreign Policy Concept was approved by President Vladimir Putin in a decree signed on Friday to replace the 2016 version. The document came into force immediately.

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To build a multipolar world, Russia will focus on eliminating the U.S. dominance in world affairs and create conditions to counter any “neo-colonial and hegemonic ambitions,” the document said.

Russia called the United States “the main inspirer, organizer and executor of the aggressive anti-Russian policy of the collective West, the source of the major risks to the security of Russia, international peace and balanced, equitable and progressive development of mankind.”

Russia voiced its readiness to maintain strategic parity and peaceful coexistence with the United States and to establish a balance of interests between the two countries.

But the prospects for such relations depend on the U.S. readiness to abandon its policy of forceful domination and revise its anti-Russian course in favor of interactions with Russia, the document said.

As for the normalization of Russia-Europe ties, the concept criticized the strategic policy of the United States to “draw and deepen dividing lines in Europe to undermine the competitiveness of the economies of Russia and European states, limit the sovereignty of European states, and ensure the U.S. global dominance.”

The Foreign Policy Concept was approved by Putin in a decree signed on Friday to replace the 2016 version. The document came into force immediately.

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The assessment published by Finland’s Ministry of the Interior covers 21 nationally significant threat scenarios and disruptions, ranging from hybrid influence activities and armed conflicts to natural disasters, industrial accidents and climate phenomena.

The previous risk assessment was published in 2018.

The assessment anticipates sudden incidents targeted at Finland that have an impact on the vital functions of society and require the authorities to adopt exceptional measures or even request help from other countries.

According to the report, climate change, the digitalization of societies, hybrid influence activities and networked value and production chains are further examples of development trends and phenomena in the operating environment of threats and disruptions.

There are two new threats compared with the previous report: multiple simultaneous large wildfires and an extremely powerful space storm, national broadcaster Yle said.

There is also a high probability of a new pandemic, the report noted. However, it is impossible to estimate the magnitude of the risk and the severity of the pandemic in advance, it said.

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“The West disrespects the neutrality of developing countries and almost daily pressures those who do not join the sanctions against Russia,” Lavrov said.

The minister stressed that the thesis about Russia’s refusal to negotiate on Ukraine is false, and Russia will continue to deny it.

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“This is part of Russia’s strategy to destabilize societies that follow the European path,” Baerbock said, when asked if she shared fears that Georgia and Moldova might go over to Moscow’s side.

She noted that due to the situation in Ukraine, “Russia’s attempts to influence Moldova and Georgia are intensifying.”

“We share European values with them and support their desire to decide for themselves to live in peace and freedom through the prospect of membership in Europe,” she added.

In early March, protests were held in Georgia against the draft law “On Foreign Agents,” which involves the creation of a register of non-governmental organizations and media receiving foreign funding. The Georgian authorities later withdrew this bill.

On March 12, clashes between the opposition and the police took place in Moldova. The head of the General Commissariat of Police of the country, Viorel Cernauteanu, claimed that Russian special services were involved in these events in the country.

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“The total inadequacy of decisions and actions of the current Kyiv regime, whose politicians are notorious for their carelessness, inability to negotiate, and blatant Russophobia, is obvious. And, although Russia does not reject the option for negotiations and a political resolution of the conflict, we are not going to talk under the preconditions put forth by the Kyiv authorities. Everything now depends exclusively on the readiness of Kyiv and its Western puppeteers for a true political and diplomatic resolution of the crisis,” the senior diplomat told TASS.

Galuzin also called the “so-called peace initiatives” of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky “that, if implemented, he allegedly is ready for a truce with Russia under” totally unacceptable.

“The Ukrainian leader’s proposal to make a ‘gesture of goodwill’ and withdraw Russian forces from Ukrainian territory for Christmas is also absurd. It is also unclear how all these slogans and calls correspond with Zelensky’s decree, signed on September 30, about the ‘impossibility’ of negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin,” the Deputy Foreign Minister added.

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“The parties are ready to strengthen mutual coordination to support the countries of Central Asia in ensuring their sovereignty and national development, do not accept attempts to import “color revolutions” and external interference in the affairs of the region,” the statement says.

Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Russia upon invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia became the first country visited by Xi Jinping after his re-election. His visit lasted two days, from 20 to 22 March. On the first day, Chinese President and Russian President Vladimir Putin held an informal meeting. Negotiations were held between the heads of the two countries in an expanded format on March 21. Following the meeting, Xi and Putin signed a statement on plans for economic cooperation and a statement on plans to deepen partnership.

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“Next week, high-level talks will be held with the Russian delegation in Geneva,” he said.

At the same time, Haq denied the suggestion that Russia had refused Guterres’ trip to Moscow to negotiate a grain deal.

“This is not so,” he stressed, adding that Guterres “wants and is open to meeting with representatives of the Russian authorities as opportunities arise.”

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Call it a double whammy: The two-hit blow to the global energy system—dealt by the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine—is wreaking havoc, bringing uncertainty about the future of energy security and the pace of the energy transition.

But that’s only spurred the world’s most influential energy experts and policymakers to take another look at the needs of the energy system and devise new policies, practices, and standards to fill those needs. And from January 14 to 15, many of them gathered at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Forum to lay out their solutions and call for urgent collaboration on improving energy security and accelerating progress toward climate goals.

Below are highlights from the event, hosted by the Global Energy Center in partnership with the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, and featuring leaders such as COP28 President-Designate Sultan Al Jaber and US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry.

Source : Atlantic Council

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