Putin: If America conducts nuclear tests, we will have to take countermeasures

According to Isna, Putin considered US President Donald Trump’s statements about nuclear tests to be a serious issue and said that the Russian ambassador to the US has sent a message to Washington to get an explanation about Trump’s statements about nuclear tests.

He added that the Russian Security Council has examined and analyzed the statements of the American authorities about the nuclear tests.

Putin emphasized that Russia has always fully adhered to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and continues to adhere to it and has no plans to abandon the provisions of this treaty.

The President of Russia warned that if the member states of this treaty decide to conduct nuclear tests, Russia will be forced to take appropriate countermeasures.

Putin has ordered Russia’s Security Council to gather information, conduct analysis and make recommendations on the possibility of starting preparations for nuclear tests.

Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, said on Wednesday that if the United States conducts nuclear tests, Russia will also evaluate the possibility of conducting full nuclear tests.

He said that Trump himself does not know exactly what he means by nuclear tests and warned that since Trump is the president of the United States, such statements can have consequences.

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