Kremlin: US national security strategy has an 'imperial nature'
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has said that the new US national security strategy "is of an imperial nature, and shows a persistent unwillingness to abandon a unipolar world", TASS news agency reports.
"A cursory reading of [the strategy], particularly those parts in which our country is mentioned in one way or another, in general [shows that] the imperial nature of the document is evident; there is an unwillingness to abandon the unipolar world, with persistent unwillingness [toward], [and] rejection of a multipolar world," declared Peskov.
He also noted that Moscow cannot agree with the sentiment that Russia is a "threat to US security," which is expressed in the document.
"But at the same time [in the strategy] there are also modest positive moments; in particular, a willingness to cooperate with Russia in those areas that correspond to the interests of Americans. This completely corresponds to our approach, which was voiced by the president, because Moscow is also looking for cooperation with the United States where it is profitable for us, and as far as our American colleagues are ready to go," added Peskov.
As an "ideal example of such cooperation," Peskov cited a recent information exchange between the two countries’ special services agencies, which helped prevent terrorist attacks in St. Petersburg.
In general, Peskov called the new US national security strategy "a sufficiently voluminous document that needs careful study”.
The Pentagon announced last year that the five main threats to the national security of the United States were the following (in order from first to last): Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and international terrorism.