The official spokesman for the Russian presidency, Dmitry Peskov, said during the Moscow programme. The Kremlin. Putin in an interview with Vladimir Solovyov on Russia TV. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is not stabilizing the continent of Europe, stressing that this agglomeration has been created for confrontation and is a destabilizing element.

Peskov said: "A Kalashnikov gun can only be a Kalashnikov gun. So is NATO. It can't be anything but NATO. "

He added: "This is a conglomerate of confrontation, and it continues to perform these functions because it's not focused on anything else. It brings no stability to the continent. On the contrary, it is a destabilizing element. "

Peskov stressed that Russia has always maintained constructive relations with NATO, and even with NATO it is possible and necessary to speak.

Peskov emphasized in this regard that: "Russia always maintains its interest in constructive relations with NATO... Even with NATO, one can and must speak, because only through dialogue can we accurately convey fears to our counterpart. "