The lack of sovereignty in the country harms both international security and the global economy. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin stated during a press scrum following his visit to Uzbekistan, RIA Novosti reported.
The head of Russia added that the country must be sovereign even in social and economic terms, otherwise the state will always be pressured and its interests will be subordinated to the interests of the others.
«We know that pressure was exerted on the Central Asian region, but I don’t yet see that everyone has kneeled down and is ready to blindly fulfill any orders from overseas. Of course, they — Americans and Europeans — commit certain actions that harm our partners. But in the end, this is also the sovereign choice of any country: how to build its policy, fight for sovereignty or not, whether sovereignty has a certain value or not. In my opinion, it does. Because if a country wants to be successful, it must be sovereign, even in social and economic terms. Otherwise, there will always be pressure and subordination of the interests of another state to their own interests, foreign interests.... We see this, there is nothing good in it. It damages both international security and the global economy,» Vladimir Putin said.
