MOSCOW, February 10. /TASS/. Moscow has taken note of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s statement that Ankara could enter a nuclear arms race if Tehran acquired such weapons, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a briefing.

"We have certainly taken note of this statement," he noted.

Top Turkish diplomat Hakan Fidan said earlier, commenting on Iran potentially acquiring nuclear weapons, that it could make Ankara "involuntarily" enter a nuclear arms race. The minister responded with a meaningful smile to the follow-up question about whether Turkey would like to possess nuclear weapons, but made no comment.