AgenciesRussia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday he did not believe that Russia's standoff with the West over Ukraine would lead to nuclear war.
"I don't want to believe, and I do not believe, that a nuclear war could start," Lavrov told reporters when asked if there would be a nuclear war.
Lavrov was speaking after talks in Turkey with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba.
He said that rumours of a potential Russian attack against the former Soviet Baltic states "appear to be old hoaxes".
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"I don't want to believe, and I do not believe, that a nuclear war could start," Lavrov told reporters when asked if there would be a nuclear war.
Lavrov was speaking after talks in Turkey with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba.
He said that rumours of a potential Russian attack against the former Soviet Baltic states "appear to be old hoaxes".
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