According to the commentary of Deputy Secretary of Russian Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev to the updated National Security Strategy, approved by the President of Russia, one of the main directions of the foreign policy of Moscow is to strengthening cooperation with the CIS, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
The document says that the new version of the Strategy specified the objectives of co-operation of the Russian Federation with partners in the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Eurasian Economic Union.
One of the key directions of the foreign policy in accordance with the document is the development of relations of bilateral and multilateral cooperation with States-participants of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia.
According to Nurgaliyev, Russia will continue the integration processes in the space of states - participants of the CIS in the framework of the Commonwealth, the Eurasian Economic Union, the Union State of Russia and Belarus.
"Undoubtedly, the interaction with these countries on various aspects of regional and international security has stabilized the situation in the countries and regions bordering on them," - said Nurgaliyev.
