WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out a Russian attack on a NATO member country.
"I've had good talks with him (Russian President Vladimir Putin). He's not going to be attacking a NATO territory," Trump said in the Oval Office.
He refused to say whether he directed Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe to warn Moscow not to attack NATO.
"I don't want to comment on that, but they're not going to attack," Trump said.
Ratcliffe's Moscow visit this week was intended to warn Russia against attacking NATO member states, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and CBS News reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the trip.
The visit followed new U.S. intelligence assessments previously reported by the WSJ, which suggested that Putin could try to test NATO's resolve with a limited assault on an allied country in the next few years. ■