Russia requests Security Council meeting on spy poisoning
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Published: Apr 04, 2018, 05:12 IST | Updated: Apr 04, 2018, 05:12 IST
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Vassily Nebenzia said Russia was requesting a Thursday meeting over the British government`s implication of Moscow in the nerve agent attack on former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia
Russia has asked for a UN Security Council meeting over the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in Britain, the country's ambassador to the UN announced Wednesday.
Vassily Nebenzia said Russia was requesting a Thursday meeting at 1900 GMT over the British government`s implication of Moscow in the nerve agent attack on former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia -- involvement the Kremlin has angrily denied.