00:00Moscow says it will resume nuclear testing if other nuclear power do so.
00:05Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov adds that the Kremlin is ready to discuss with Washington
00:09on President Donald Trump's allegations that Russia conducted secret underground nuclear tests.
00:17He also dismissed the claims, saying the U.S. can verify through the global seismic monitoring system
00:24whether any tests took place.
00:25Tensions between the world's two largest nuclear powers have escalated
00:29after another attempt to end the war in Ukraine,
00:32with Russia recently announcing that it tested its nuclear-powered weapons systems.
00:37Trump earlier this month accused both Russia and China of conducting secret nuclear tests
00:42after abruptly cancelling a proposed summit with President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine.
00:47Lavrov insisted the two issues were unrelated,
00:50but said Moscow remains open to a potential meeting between Putin and Trump.
00:55the
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