Former USSR leader Mikhail Gorbachev has called on nations to rid the world of nuclear weapons, Eurasia Diary reports citing Forces Network.
Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader who presided over the fall of the Soviet Union, says the world is in "colossal" danger.
He told the BBC that the current tensions between Russia and the West pose a huge threat, not least the potential use of nuclear weapons.
Gorbachev has called on all sides to work to rid the world of them.
During his interview with the BBC, Gorbachev said, " As long as weapons of mass destruction exist... the danger is colossal.
"All nations should declare... that nuclear weapons must be destroyed.
"This is to ourselves and our planet."