UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn says that Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military alliance have to demilitarize their borders before their differences lead to another Cold War.
Speaking to BBC on Sunday, Corbyn said he had “many, many criticisms of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin,” NATO had to retreat from Eastern Europe and avoid confrontation with Moscow.
“I do think there has to be a process that we try and demilitarize the border between what are now the NATO states and Russia so we drive apart those forces, keep them further apart,” Corbyn said. “We can’t descend into a new Cold War.”
The opposition leader’s comments came at a time when London, as a member of the US-led military alliance, has spared no efforts to assure fellow members that the UK would support them despite a vote to leave the European Union (EU).
Constantly calling on the EU to unite and repel the “Russian aggression,” the UK…