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Kremlin urges NATO to drop anti-Russia allegations

Xinhua, July 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday urged the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to give up absurd allegations about a Russian threat.

Claims about threats coming from Russia are absurd and "absolutely short-sighted," Peskov said, adding that Moscow hopes that "common sense and political will aimed at avoiding confrontation will gain the upper hand" at the two-day NATO summit in Warsaw, capital of Poland, which began Friday.

A meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at the ambassadorial level is scheduled for July 13.

Peskov said that NATO military deployment near Russian borders based on anti-Russia assumptions undermines the potential for interaction.

Russia is always open to dialogue and is interested in mutually beneficial cooperation, he noted.

NATO should strengthen confidence-building measures and joint anti-terrorism efforts instead of "searching for an enemy in Russia," Peskov said.

Russia has repeatedly complained about NATO's increasing presence in eastern Europe, while NATO members insist that Russia poses a threat to Europe, citing its involvement in the Ukraine crisis and rearmament of its armed forces. Endi