MOSCOW. July 20 (Interfax) - The desire of some countries to possess hydrocarbon resources in the Middle East and in the Caspian basin, along with the negative effect that the situation in Syria, Iraq and other countries has had on the international situation, necessitates the Russian naval presence in strategic parts of the World Ocean, according to the fundamentals of the Russian state policy for naval affairs through 2030.
"The need for the naval presence of the Russian Federation in strategically important and other districts of the World Ocean is also due to the following dangers: the increasing desire of a number of states to possess sources of hydrocarbon resources in the Middle East, in the Arctic region and in the Caspian Sea basin," the document says
The presidential decree approving the document was published on the official legal information online portal.
One danger is "the negative effect on the international situation" caused by the situation in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, conflicts in the Middle and Near East, and in a number of south Asian and African countries.
Furthermore, the need for the Russian naval presence in the World Ocean is due to the rise in piracy incidents in the Gulf of Guinea and in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
The possibility of foreign countries preventing Russia from carrying out economic activity and scientific research in the World Ocean is another potential danger, the document said.