Erdogan: Russian and U.S. Intel Chiefs Discussed Non-use of Nuclear Weapons

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Turkish TV that Russia’s foreign intelligence (SVR) director, Sergey Naryshkin, and U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns discussed the non-use of nuclear weapons during their Nov. 14 meeting in the Turkish capital, Ankara. “According to information received from the head of the [Turkish] intelligence, Russia and the United States discussed the non-use of nuclear weapons. The parties currently display no signs they may try to use them. We would like to see them meet more often, and we are ready to promote this. It [nuclear weapons use] might lead to a new world war, God forbid. We must rule out this risk,” Erdogan stressed, according to the TRT television channel.