Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register April 30 (Reuters) – Russia believes the risks of a nuclear war should be kept to a minimum and any armed conflict between nuclear forces should be averted, a foreign ministry official was quoted as saying by the TASS news agency on Saturday. Vladimir Germakov, head of the Foreign Ministry’s non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, said that all nuclear powers must adhere to the logic set out in official documents aimed at preventing nuclear war. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that the West should not underestimate the growing risk of a nuclear conflict with Ukraine, although the United States has said it does not believe there is a risk of Russia using nuclear weapons despite its escalating rhetoric. Moscow. read more Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Germakov reportedly said on Saturday that the top nuclear powers must adhere to the logic enshrined in the documents they have jointly created. It referred to a joint statement issued in January by Russia, China, Britain, the United States and France, in which the five countries – which are permanent members of the United Nations Security Council – agreed to further nuclear proliferation. weapons and a nuclear war must be avoided. “The dangers of a nuclear war, which must never be unleashed, must be kept to a minimum, especially by preventing any armed conflict between nuclear powers,” Germakov told TASS on Saturday. “Russia clearly follows this understanding.” Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Report by Hugh Lawson Our role models: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
