The RF Embassy in London considers the statements of the Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg regarding the Russian guilt in the Salisbury incident “with gross and irresponsible disinformation,” the representative of the diplomatic mission told journalists on Thursday.
Relations between Russia and Britain have sharply escalated against the backdrop of the incident on 4 March in Salisbury, where ex-colonel of the GRU reserve, Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yuliya, who was working for the British special services, were poisoned. Police officer Wiltshire Nick Bailey also suffered. London claims that the Russian state is involved in the poisoning of the nerve agent A234. Moscow categorically denies this.
“Stoltenberg’s statements that Russia allegedly” does not hesitate to use combat nerve agents on our streets “is a gross and irresponsible misinformation that is misleading the British and the international community. If Mr. Stoltenberg has any evidence, he must immediately submit them. And while his words – it’s unfounded statements, not supported by any facts or evidence, “- said the representative of the embassy.
“I would like to remind Stoltenberg that the investigation into the Salisbury incident has not been completed,” he added.
He recalled that on May 1, Adviser to the Prime Minister for National Security Mark Sedwill said that the British authorities do not even have suspects, and the investigation, according to police, is conducted in several directions.
“All this confirms that the British leadership hastened to appoint the guilty without trial and investigation, making serious accusations against us just a few days after the incident,” the embassy official said.
“It remains unclear why Mr. Stoltenberg replicates the anti-Russian speculation of the British authorities, while the latter, apparently, do everything to silence and to classify the circumstances of the poisoning of the Violins. Having insisted on allied “solidarity” and without providing any evidence of what happened in Salisbury, the official London put its partners in a difficult position, the way out of which lies solely through the demand from the British political leadership of apologies to Russia and a joint transparent investigation, “he said.
Reminded the representative of the embassy and the words of the head of the Center for Government Communications Jeremy Fleming, who recently accused Russia of “neglecting the consequences of their actions” and “attacking Sergei and Yulia Skripaly.”
“Before thanking the partners for their” solidarity “on Salisbury, it would be worth thinking about providing them with something more substantial than” plausibility “on which the entire London line is built on the” business of the Skrypals, “the embassy official said.
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