“I would like to note that the activity of our foreign policy offices is aimed at searching for ways of settling any matters in a political-diplomatic way,” Lavrov told TASS in an interview.
“Nevertheless, in view of non-readiness of the West to look for taking the middle path, the program (of coordinated foreign policy actions) contains provisions pertaining to coordination of interaction in military-political aspects and defense cooperation development,” he added.
The updated Military Doctrine of the Union State approved on November 4 will be an important helping hand in such activities, the top diplomat said.
“It fully caters for significant changes in the military-political situation in Eastern Europe that have occurred in recent years.”