Foreign Minister stresses importance of protecting Russians abroad

It is among the priorities of Russian foreign policies to protect theinterests of its citizens abroad, Foreign Minister of the RussianFederation Igor Ivanov declared at a presentation of his book 'ForeignPolicies of Russia in the Era of Globalization.' It is based on Ivanov'sspeeches and articles made over the last two years. This problem has notonly political and legal, but a deep moral aspect as well, the Ministerremarked. Russian diplomatic services have always been taking this problemseriously and will be doing that in the future, he added..