The nuclear-armed countries, permanent UN Security Council members, must work on a common approach aimed at preventing a global war, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

Putin made the comments during his annual state-of-the-nation address on Wednesday.

The president said that five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the US, China, Russia, Britain and France – must devise “measures aimed at neutralizing any conditions for a global war.”

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Source: RT