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Russia-U.S. cooperation vital to resolve global issues: Kremlin spokesman

Xinhua, June 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

Mutually-beneficial cooperation between Russia and the U.S. is crucial for the international community to successfully resolve many global problems, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.

"We still believe that it is impossible to solve many global problems without cooperation and interaction between Russia and the United States," Peskov told reporters.

"Moscow has always stood for good and mutually beneficial relations (with the U.S.) based on respect for reciprocal interests."

Russia hopes that candidates for the U.S. presidential election would sacrifice the bilateral relations "in a lower degree" in the upcoming campaigns, according to Peskov.

Earlier in the day, Peskov said that reports on Washington's possible nuclear missile deployment have aroused "much of Russia's attention" and are under analysis.

Chairman of Russian State Duma Defense Committee Viktor Zavarzin warned Friday that current state and technical equipment of the Russian Armed Forces made it possible to respond immediately to all external challenges and threats.

"In this case, the U.S. administration needs to weigh everything carefully before making such ill-considered steps," Tass news agency quoted Zavarzin as saying.

Western media reported Friday that the U.S. was considering deploying missile systems in Europe as a response to Moscow's alleged violation of the bilateral Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty.

Signed in 1987, the treaty asks for the elimination of nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles of intermediate ranges.

Peskov also regretted that cold war rhetoric "so quickly" revived these days when responding to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's comment on Thursday that Russia should never be allowed back in the Group of Seven (G7) as long as Vladimir Putin is the president.

White House officials also said the U.S. President Barack Obama is going to urge EU leaders at the G7 meeting due on Sunday to continue anti-Russian sanctions imposed over Moscow's alleged intervention in the Ukraine crisis.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Friday noted that Moscow would decide whether to extend restrictive measures against western countries considering "actions of its partners".

"Judging by their statements, they still do not want or plan to return to the (Russian) market, and we are not going to beg them," Medvedev said. Endite