The Kremlin has welcomed the move by US President Donald Trump's administration to shake up its national security strategy and stop calling Russia a “direct threat”, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

In the remarks, published by Russian news agency TASS on Sunday, Peskov called the Trump administration's move positive.

In a statement to the state-run news agency TASS, Peskov said the updated strategy dropped wording that described Russia as a direct threat and instead called for cooperation with Moscow on strategic stability issues. Also Read | Trump pushes for peace summit with US, Russia and Ukraine

Russia would examine the documents in the coming days to draw out a broader conclusion, the Kremlin spokesperson said, adding, “We considered this a positive step.”

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