Contacts of Russia's allies in the CSTO with unfriendly countries should not undermine the strategic partnership with Moscow.

Axar.az reports that this opinion was expressed by Ivan Nechayev, deputy director of the department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

"Contacts with countries that are not friendly to Russia should not harm the strategic partnership with our country. This is contrary to the obligations under existing general agreements, including CSTO, CIS, CIS and SCO," the diplomat said.