The pact would be negotiated at a special international forum convened by Russia and could embrace emerging powers Brazil and India, Central Asian states and existing international security alliances such as the EU, NATO, the OSCE, the CIS and the CSTO, the EUobserver.com reports.
The Kremlin wants in particular to weaken the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which Russia is a member of, and NATO.
The pact would handle issues such as NATO enlargement, illegal migration, drug trafficking, organised crime and terrorism, Russian NATO ambassador Dmitry Rogozin told the New York Times. He admitting however that the idea is unlikely to get a warm welcome at first.
NATO will comment on Rogozin’s proposals once it has received more details, James Appathurai, a spokesman for the alliance, said Sunday, the International Herald Tribune reports.
The proposed new pact was also mentioned by President Dmitrii Medvedev in his recent speech to the country’s ambassadors and representatives in international organisations.
