No military bases in ex-Soviet countries, Russia tells West

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk republics in Moscow

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The West must not build military facilities in any countries of the former Soviet Union, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

Lavrov, quoted by Russian news agencies RIA and TASS, also said Moscow found it unacceptable that some European countries hosted U.S. nuclear weapons and was taking measures to prevent Ukraine from acquiring similar weapons.

(Reporting by Moscow bureau; Editing by Edmund Blair)

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