BUENOS AIRES, December 8. /TASS/. Russia hopes that the government of Argentina’s president-elect, Javier Milei, will focus its foreign policy on multilateralism, Russian ambassador Dmitry Feoktistov said in an article published in the Perfil newspaper on Friday.
"We expect that the new government of the Argentine Republic will be oriented towards multilateralism in safeguarding its national interests. Your country has the resources and capabilities necessary to chart an independent course. This means that you can ignore those who try to impose on the international community a 'rules-based order', which is in fact an updated version of colonialism," he wrote.
The Russian ambassador noted that the system of international relations was now undergoing fundamental changes, accompanied by the weakening of the US position and the increasing influence of developing countries.
"Some states seem to have problems with turning off the well-trodden path. Even today, the West is doing everything it can to use its remaining advantages for preserving the foundations of a world order that allows it to 'collect tribute' from the whole of humanity. This is the origin of mentorship and aggression towards independent original countries and attempts to undermine uncontrolled integration processes and slow down the strengthening of alternative development centers," he added.
In his view, the main aim of the US and its allies is to gain access to "critical raw materials of the developing world, including hydrocarbons, lithium and other strategic minerals, crucial to energy transition."
"In contrast to this, Russia advocates a different, mutually beneficial model of economic cooperation prompted by its own historical experience. <...> Unlike the West, where the colonial powers prospered by pumping funds out of the colonies, we put the emphasis on the development of peripheries," Feoktistov noted.
Milei will take office on December 10. During the election campaign, the politician said he did not intend to promote interstate relations with Brazil, China and Russia because of disagreements with the policies of these states, but at the same time claimed that he would not prevent private businesses from doing business with them. Milay pointed to Israel and the United States as Argentina's priority allies.