WASHINGTON: Russia has no reason to consider the United States a threat to its national security, the Pentagon said Monday after Moscow published a report highlighting Washington and NATO for the first time.
Russia’s new national security document, signed by President Vladimir Putin on New Year’s Eve, names as threats both the United States and the expansion of the NATO alliance, according to the Pentagon’s official news channel.
The previous document, from 2009, does not mention the United States or NATO.
“They have no reason to consider us a threat,” Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis told reporters.
“We are not looking for conflict with …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today
