New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- 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.

US national security strategies have labelled Russia has a major threat since Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea and its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. However, on Friday, the updated US policy adopted a softer tone and urged limited cooperation.

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 ca...