By Prensa Latina
Bucharest : Russian President Vladimir Putin challenged Friday the current United States´ policy towards Iran, during the Russia-NATO council meeting held here on the sidelines of the military bloc summit.
According to a source from the Russian delegation, Putin said Iran should receive aid, not threats.
The White House has accused Tehran of building a nuclear program with military purposes.
The Russian Head of State also voiced his opposition to NATO leaders’ intentions to open membership doors to former Soviet republics.
On this regard, NATO general secretary Jaap de Hoop Scheffer recognized that the future increase of the Alliance to Eastern Europe challenges its relations with Moscow.
The bilateral Summit also highlighted the US project to deploy an antimissile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic that Russia also opposed for considering it a direct security threat.