Rabat- US President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to expel 60 Russian diplomats, including members of Russia’s mission in the United Nations. This action came in response to Russia’s alleged role in poisoning a former spy in the UK.
Rabat- US President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to expel 60 Russian diplomats, including members of Russia’s mission in the United Nations. This action came in response to Russia’s alleged role in poisoning a former spy in the UK.
Trump has also ordered the shutdown of Russia’s consulate in Seattle, Washington. Fourteen EU member countries have decided to support the US decision to expel Russian diplomats, including France, Germany, Ukraine, and Poland.
The United States calls on #Russia to accept responsibility for its actions and to demonstrate to the world that it is capable of living up to its int’l commitments and responsibilities as a member of the UNSC to uphold int’l peace and security. https://t.co/hqb2rNH15G pic.twitter.com/j4tLhsInG1
— Department of State (@StateDept) March 26, 2018
Earlier this month, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said that Russia had poisoned Sergei Skripal, a Russian double agent in England and his daughter, Yulia, on March 4.
“We actually have evidence within the last 10 years that Russia has not only been investigating the delivery of nerve agents for the purposes of assassination, but has also been creating and stockpiling Novichok,” Johnson told the BBC.
Russia, however, denied all claims directed against it, with Russian leader Vladimir Putin describing the allegations as “nonsense.”
Putin referred to the incident as a “tragedy,” adding that the victims would die instantly if they were poisoned by the Soviet-designed nerve agent.
The Russian spy and his daughter remain in critical condition.
On March 4, #Russia attempted to murder a British citizen & his daughter w/ military-grade nerve agent on British soil. We stand in unbreakable solidarity w/ #UK. Today, we will expel 60 Russians from its bilat mission & mission to UN, & require Russia to close Seattle consulate. pic.twitter.com/S2wLjnZdDH
— Heather Nauert (@statedeptspox) March 26, 2018
