MOSCOW. Nov 26 (Interfax) - Russia's fighting terrorists in Syria has made Britain much safer, the Russian Embassy to the United Kingdom said.
"The threat posed by ISIL [a terror group banned in Russia] to the UK has indeed decreased, and that to a large extent due to Russia's efforts in Syria, which have been constantly hampered by London. In this sense, Russia has strengthened Britain's security over the last several years," the embassy stated on its website, commenting on the remarks by the UK Chief of the General Staff, General Mark Carleton-Smith who said that Russia now represented "a far greater threat to our national security than Islamic extremist threats such as Al-Qaeda and [ISIL]."
"In recent years [Britain] has together with the US initiated an aggression in Iraq, destroyed the statehood of Libya and committed an act of aggression against Syria last April by launching a massive missile attack on its territory under a manufactured pretext," the embassy said.
"The Conservative Government has de facto contributed little to the fight against terrorism. At the same time, London continues to increase dramatically its military expenditure in order to, as Secretary of State for Defense Gavin Williamson has stated, 'be ready to fight in Mainland Europe, in the Middle or in the Far East'," the embassy said.
The deployment of its troops near Russian borders is an example of Britain's aggressive foreign policy, the embassy said.
"The message of General Carleton-Smith (in case it's published correctly) that 'as a result of the complete destruction of the geography of the so-called Caliphate, Britain and its allies need to focus their attention on Russia' gives a detailed explanation of the current position of the British government. This constant search for a new enemy is not only a justification of Britain's military spending but also its attempt to keep the role of an active participant in international processes, as it is seen in London," the embassy said.