Vladimir Putin's New Foreign Policy and Russian Views of the Situation on the Korean Peninsula

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Abstract President Vladimir Putin confirmed that Russia is open to the world and is ready to develop cooperation and dialogue with all countries. Russia's goal is a stable and secure world. The basis for building it is equality, mutual respect and mutually beneficial cooperation. The situation in the Asia-Pacific region is relatively stable. In general, the positive dynamics for its development, acquired in the years following the end of global bipolar confrontation, remain. Russia firmly intends to develop normal, mutually beneficial ties with all the countries of the sub-region, to bring them to the partnership level, and is ready to actively use the present dialogue channels in Northeast Asia in order to strengthen regional predictability and stability. The Korean peninsula is one of Russia's foreign policy priorities in Asia; it is a zone of our national interests. Russia supports the processes leading to the de-isolation of the DPRK and its integration into the international community, to the national accord and reconciliation of the Koreans, and eventually to the unification of the divided nation through a constructive inter-Korean dialogue. History confirms that separated nations and countries should eventually reunite. It is equally important to understand that the ultimate reunification of Korea will require also the support and understanding of the international community, first of all of major powers. And we have to start creating such international mechanisms of dialogue in Northeast Asia long in advance.