The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office of the United Kingdom has mocked Russia’s foreign policies.
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office tweeted, “April Fool’s Day is TOMORROW,” while providing a screenshot of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweet in which it declared its foreign policy.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs described its foreign policy as “peaceful, open, predictable, consistent, and pragmatic” on its official Twitter account.
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Russia and Uk relations over the years
Russia and the United Kingdom have had times of collaboration and friction in their relationship. Aside from trade agreements and official communication, the two countries had few relations throughout the 16th and 18th centuries. Throughout the nineteenth century, the two countries grew closer, with Russia joining the Quadruple Alliance. But tensions rose in the twentieth century with the Russian Revolution and the United Kingdom’s support for the White Army. During WWII, the two countries were friends against Nazi Germany, but the Cold War emerged in the postwar years, with the UK joining NATO and Russia founding the Warsaw Pact.
Throughout this time, relations remained difficult, with incidents such as the spy scandals of the 1960s and the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko in 2006. Most recently, tensions have been high due to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, suspicions of Russian meddling in UK elections, and the poisoning of Sergei Skripal in 2018. The United Kingdom has likewise been an outspoken critic of Russian operations in Syria and Ukraine.
What does Russia’s new foreign policy contain
President Vladimir Putin’s new foreign policy emphasizes a peaceful, open, predictable, consistent, and pragmatic approach based on internationally accepted principles and standards of international law. Yet, the strategy recognizes that the majority of European states pursue an aggressive policy toward Russia, to pose risks to the country’s security and sovereignty, acquire unilateral economic benefits, and weaken traditional Russian values. The document identifies the United States and its allies’ strategic course of deepening schisms in the European region and limiting European states’ sovereignty as the primary issue impeding the normalization of relations between Russia and European states.
The policy, on the other hand, emphasizes the necessity of strengthening ties with friendly sovereign global centers of power and development, particularly China and India. Russia seeks to establish a particularly advantageous strategic partnership with India to enhance and expand mutually beneficial cooperation in all areas, with a particular emphasis on increasing bilateral trade, strengthening investment and technological ties, and ensuring their resistance to the destructive actions of unfriendly states and their alliances.
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Russia has long been India‘s greatest supplier of weaponry, and the policy seeks to maintain that relationship. Generally, Russia’s foreign policy declaration emphasizes the country’s commitment to peaceful and pragmatic ties based on international law, while also emphasizing geopolitical tensions with the West and the value of strategic cooperation with friendly states.
It’s unclear what happened as a result of the UK criticizing Russia’s foreign policies on April Fool’s Day. That might be perceived as harmless humor or as a confrontational act that could further strain the two countries already strained relations.
Russia’s new foreign policy emphasizes a peaceful, open, predictable, consistent, and pragmatic approach based on widely recognized norms and international law standards. Although admitting geopolitical problems with the West, it aspires to enhance ties with friendly sovereign global centers of power and development, particularly China and India. The strategy focuses on the importance of maintaining a strategic alliance with India, particularly in commerce, investment, technology, and defense.
