EUROPE WOULD BE SAFER WITHOUT NATO

MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 14 /SRNA/ - Europe would be safer without NATO, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

"If NATO did not exist, or rather, if it had not continued to play the role it has played, security in Europe would probably be much greater," Zakharova said.

She said that NATO is an organization which, like a painful tooth, "has weakened the immune system of Europe, its western and central parts, and the entire world, demanding and draining colossal amounts of resources for reactive measures."

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz earlier said there was no need to discuss issues related to the European security architecture with Russia, DPA reported.

European leaders recently rejected Moscow's proposal at a summit in Dublin.