The leaders of the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany issued a joint statement condemning this month’s nerve agent attack on a former double agent and the leaders agree Russia was responsible for it.
President Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said they “abhor the attack” that took place March 4 in Salisbury, England, and offered their sympathies to British citizens whose lives “have been threatened.”
“This use of a military-grade nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia, constitutes the first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the Second World War,” the leaders said in their joint statement. “It is an assault on UK sovereignty and any such use by a State party is a clear violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and a breach of international law. It threatens the security of us all.”
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“We share the UK assessment that there is no plausible alternative explanation, and note that Russia’s failure to address the legitimate request by the UK government further underlines its responsibility,” the four leaders said. “We call on Russia to address all questions related to the attack in Salisbury.”
“Our concerns are also heightened against the background of a pattern of earlier irresponsible Russian behavior,” they continued. “We call on Russia to live up to its responsibilities as a member of the UN Security Council to uphold international peace and security.”
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