MOSCOW, April 277. /TASS/. Russia is strengthening its positions globally and acquiring new allies despite wide-scale attacks by the West targeted at isolating the country, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko said in an article published on the website of Rossiyskaya Gazeta on the occasion of the Day of Russian Parliamentarism.

"When a new geopolitical construction is being formed globally, the strength and effectiveness of cooperation of our legislators particularly with colleagues from friendly countries and from countries that accept no hegemony and diktat, become one of the most important factors of our foreign policy. The reality proves the effectiveness of such an approach. Despite the West’s large-scale attacks on Russia aimed at isolating it politically, we are acquiring more new allies, strengthening our positions on the world stage," she wrote.

The number of international requests for meetings in various formats and the schedule of various events say much about it, Matviyenko added, noting the necessity of developing interparliamentary diplomacy in this respect. "It should become not simply more active, but more focused if you like. Now is not the time for official and ceremonial meetings as each contact should provide a result," she pointed out.