15 Dec 2012 17:58

Rasmussen warns Russia against using energy as foreign policy weapon

BRUSSELS. Dec 15 (Interfax) - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has argued that Russia would shoot itself in the foot if it decided to use its energy exports to Europe as a foreign policy weapon because, he warned, the Europeans would then look for alternative sources of energy imports.

Russia needs positive relations with NATO countries, Rasmussen said in an interview with Interfax a transcript of which will be republished in Moscow newspaper Novaya Gazeta.