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| Britain seeks urgent UN Security Council meeting over Salisbury spy attack | Britain seeks urgent UN Security Council meeting over Salisbury spy attack |
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| The British government is seeking an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council to update members about the attack on former double agent Sergei Skripal. | The British government is seeking an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council to update members about the attack on former double agent Sergei Skripal. |
| Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found slumped on a bench in Salisbury on March 3. British authorities claim both were poisoned with a Soviet-engineered nerve agent called Novichok. Both remain in critical condition in hospital. | Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found slumped on a bench in Salisbury on March 3. British authorities claim both were poisoned with a Soviet-engineered nerve agent called Novichok. Both remain in critical condition in hospital. |
| READ MORE: Novichok – toxic questions about chemical at center of Skripal saga | READ MORE: Novichok – toxic questions about chemical at center of Skripal saga |
| The Foreign Office tweeted Wednesday morning that the British government has called for an urgent UNSC meeting over the attack. Prime Minister Theresa May alleged on Monday that it was either authorized by the Russian government or Moscow allowed the nerve agent to fall into the wrong hands. | The Foreign Office tweeted Wednesday morning that the British government has called for an urgent UNSC meeting over the attack. Prime Minister Theresa May alleged on Monday that it was either authorized by the Russian government or Moscow allowed the nerve agent to fall into the wrong hands. |
| May set a deadline of midnight Tuesday for Russia to provide an explanation for the “poisoning” of Skripal and his daughter. Speaking on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia is ready to respond to to any official request from London but Moscow has yet to receive any such contact regarding the case. Moscow denies any involvement in the incident. | May set a deadline of midnight Tuesday for Russia to provide an explanation for the “poisoning” of Skripal and his daughter. Speaking on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia is ready to respond to to any official request from London but Moscow has yet to receive any such contact regarding the case. Moscow denies any involvement in the incident. |
| “Allegations, not confession, are merely the queen of evidence of the UK,” the minister said at a press conference. “We will uphold international law and we don’t see that our British partners have any arguments on the case,” he added. | “Allegations, not confession, are merely the queen of evidence of the UK,” the minister said at a press conference. “We will uphold international law and we don’t see that our British partners have any arguments on the case,” he added. |
| Lavrov said the case must come before the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical weapons (OPCW), of which both Russia and the UK are members. May is due to take questions on the case during Prime Minister’s Questions in parliament on Wednesday. | |
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