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On the first day of the European leaders’ summit in Brussels, the UK Prime minister Theresa May succeeded in rallying other leaders behind her in condemning Russia over the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, an ex-spy who worked as a double agent for the United Kingdom using a banned chemical substance known as the Novichok, which was first developed by the former Soviet Union in 1980s.
Following talks on Thursday, the leaders of 27 European nations agreed with the British assessment that it was “highly likely” that Russia was behind this month's poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. The European Council said in a statement that it “agrees with the United Kingdom government’s assessment that it is highly likely that the Russian Federation is responsible and that there is no plausible alternative explanation”. European Council President Donald Tusk tweeted, “#EUCO agrees with UK government that highly likely Russia is responsible for #SalisburyAttack and that there is no other plausible explanation.”
As the EU Council deliberated, Russia’s ambassador to Britain, Alexander Yakovenko, warned that the UK has “bad record of violating international law and misleading the international community.” And he urged a full transparent investigation in cooperation with the Russian Federation and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
Earlier this week, OPCW agents arrived in Britain to begin their probe into the March 4 poisoning, after Russia insisted that an independent investigation be conducted by the chemical weapons body, which is based in Hague. On Tuesday, OPCW Director-General Ahmet Uzumcu said that it will take another two to three weeks to finalize the analysis.
