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- Russia’s attempts to push for a joint inquiry into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal has failed.
- Russia is believed to be behind the nerve agent attack in Salisbury England, despite its denials.
- It had called for involvement in the investigation by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
- Britain has called Russia’s request “perverse” and “disinformation designed to evade the questions the Russian authorities must answer.”
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Russia’s call for a joint inquiry to be held into the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in England failed on Wednesday when it was outvoted 15-6 at a meeting of the global chemical weapons watchdog.
Russia had called an emergency meeting of the decision-making executive of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to counter accusations by Britain that it was behind the March 4 nerve agent poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, England.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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