ROLE OF RUSSIAN AND CHINESE DIPLOMACY IN PEACE AND SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE BEGINNING OF XXI CENTURY

Abstract

In the end of the XX century, the world faced global geopolitical changes. Due to the Soviet Union dissolve, new actors appear on the international arena. At the same time, the US positions strengthening as well as the country becomes the most influential country of the globe. Along with the modern diplomacy development, the relations between Russia and China were also given an impetus. Being important actors on the international arena at the beginning of the century, Russia and China also played an important role in the new international relations system development, especially in the Middle East region that is greatly demonstrated through the joint work in the frameworks of United Nations. In particular, the author analyses the participation of Russian and Chinese diplomacy in the conflict resolution process in Iraq and Libya. Despite the active diplomatic collaboration of Russia and China on the conflicts in Iraq and Libya though the peaceful means did achieve results, however it was late and thus could not prevent the war.