“The era of nuclear blackmail must end.
The idea that a certain country can fight and win a nuclear war is crazy, ”RIA Novosti quotes him as saying at a meeting dedicated to the international day for the total elimination of nuclear weapons.
Guterres stressed that the use of nuclear weapons could cause a humanitarian catastrophe in the world.
“We need to take a step back,” said the Secretary General of the world organization.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier noted that the inadmissibility of nuclear war is Russia's principled position.
The Foreign Ministry also reported that the use of nuclear reaction forces by Moscow, according to Russian military doctrine, is possible only in response to aggression.