Nuclear war cannot be won: Guterres

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 27 (Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that a nuclear war cannot be won and must not be fought.

"The use of nuclear weapons would affect all states, meaning that all states have a responsibility to ensure that such deadly armaments are never used again and are eliminated completely from national arsenals," the secretary-general said in his message on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

Calling on states that possess nuclear weapons "to return to real, good-faith dialogue to restore trust and confidence, reduce nuclear risk and take tangible steps in nuclear disarmament," the UN chief said that "they should reaffirm the shared understanding that a nuclear war cannot be won and must not be fought.