MOSCOW, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Europe is "obsessed" with militarizing the European Union (EU) to transform the economic bloc into a military-political one, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
Russia remains on guard and closely monitors the situation after France tested a new nuclear missile, he said.
Peskov noted that the EU is shaping its defense policy around confrontation with Russia, calling it "a dead-end path."
Russia is taking relevant security measures while remaining open to dialogue with EU nations, he said.
France on Tuesday test-fired a strategic ballistic missile without a nuclear warhead from a submarine off the coast of Finistere in western France, which President Emmanuel Macron described as a "loud and clear message." ■