VLADIVOSTOK, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- NATO is rapidly mobilizing resources for a war with Russia, said Sergei Naryshkin, director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service.
"We certainly see European members of NATO preparing for a war with our country. The task has been set to quickly provide the NATO Allied Response Force, designated for this purpose, with all necessary resources," read Naryshkin's statement published on the intelligence service's website on Monday. He was speaking at a meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States held in Uzbekistan's Samarkand.
Naryshkin said European states are expanding their defence industries, conducting regular mobilization exercises and increasing what he described as "propaganda" of a potential Russian threat.
Naryshkin said European NATO member states do not have long-term plans for maintaining the security of the continent and accused France and Germany of fostering "Russophobia." ■
