US, Germany and France blame Russia for nerve agent attack
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(Worthy News) – The leaders of the US, France, Germany have joined Britain’s prime minister in blaming Russia for the attempted murder of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in a nerve agent attack earlier this month.
Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and Theresa May said in a joint statement that the use of a military-grade nerve agent “constitutes the first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the second world war” and “threatens the security of us all”.
“The UK briefed thoroughly its allies that it was highly likely that Russia was responsible for the attack,” they said in Thursday’s statement. [ Source: Financial Times (Read More…) ]
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