Russia hates even to think about war with the United States, which will take a nuclear character, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson, Report informs.

“We hate even to think about war with the United States, which will take nuclear character. Our military doctrine says that the most important thing is to avoid a nuclear war,” Lavrov said adding that it was Russia who initiated in January 2022 the message, the joint statement by the leaders of the five permanent members of the Security Council saying that we will do anything to avoid confrontation between us, acknowledging and respecting each other’s security interests and concerns. “This was our initiative.”