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Kremlin says NATO talk of Russian threat absurd, short-sighted
The
Kremlin said on Friday it regarded NATO's suggestion that Russia posed a
threat as absurd, saying it hoped that common sense would prevail at
the military alliance's summit in Warsaw.
The
Kremlin spoke out after U.S. President Barack Obama urged NATO leaders
to stand firm against a resurgent Russia over its 2014 seizure of
Ukraine's Crimea.
Friday's
summit is expected to formally agree to deploy four battalions in the
Baltic states and eastern Poland, a move the alliance says is meant to
deter possible Russian aggression.
"It
is absurd to talk about any threat coming from Russia at a time when
dozens of people are dying in the center of Europe and when hundreds of
people are dying in the Middle East daily," Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin
spokesman, told reporters.
"You
have to be an absolutely short-sighted organization to twist things in
that way," said Peskov, saying Russia hoped common sense and an
understanding of the need to avoid confrontation would prevail.
Russia
was open for talks and cooperation with NATO, Peskov added, and did not
want to cast the alliance as an enemy. But he complained of NATO
soldiers and planes operating close to Russia's borders.
"We aren't the ones getting closer to NATO's borders," he said.
(Reporting by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
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