New Concept of Foreign Policy Shows 'Russia Doesn't Call Any Countries Threats'

The new concept of Russia's foreign policy aims at promoting country's role in the world and boosting international cooperation, Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of the Russian State Duma (parliament) International Affairs Committee, said Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the new concept of Russia's foreign policy. The document updates and revises the key areas, goals, and tasks of the country's foreign policy to reflect the changes on the international arena in the past three years.

"The new concept aims at raising Russia's profile in the world, considering difficult, tumultuous period of formation of a new polycentric world system and international changes that have happened since 2013, including cooling of the relations with the West, the ramping up of the integration process in Eurasia and the terrorist threat," Slutsky said.

The lawmaker added that Russia put emphasis on the fight against terrorism and called for international cooperation.

"I would like to stress that Russia does not call any countries 'threats to the global community'… On the contrary, we are open to the cooperation on all key current issues, but only on the basis of partnership, equal and mutually respectful dialogue," Slutsky said.

The previous concept version was adopted in February 2013 and is no longer valid now.