Moscow says NATO fixating on non-existent Russian threat

Spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova gestures as she attends a news briefing in Moscow, Russia, October 6, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Files

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that a NATO summit in Warsaw showed that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was focusing its efforts on containing a non-existent "threat from the East". At a meeting of the NATO-Russia council on July 13, Moscow will seek explanations for the alliance's plans, the spokeswoman for the foreign ministry, Maria Zakharova, said in a statement. Russia will also seek an explanation from NATO for a Finnish plan to improve air defences over the Baltic Sea, she said in the statement. (Reporting by Polina Devitt; editing by Christian Lowe)