Ex-spy Skripal poisoning 'clearly came from Russia' & 'will trigger response' – Tillerson
RT,
12
March, 2018
US
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has thrown his support behind UK
allegations that Russia is responsible for the poisoning of former
double agent Sergei Skripal in the UK, whether directly or through
negligence.
The
poisoning is "a really egregious act" and will "certainly
trigger a response," Tillerson told reporters on board an
aircraft as he was returning to Washington DC from Nigeria. And,
although he admits he does not know whether the Russian government
had knowledge of the attack, he has agreed with British investigators
that Moscow is "likely responsible."
Tillerson
said that the US has “full confidence” in the investigation
carried out by the UK authorities and in the preliminary conclusions
they have reached on Russia’s alleged complicity in the former
spy's death. The US diplomat, however, like the UK PM before him,
used the word “appears” when attributing the “attempted murder”
to Russia and stopped short of providing any new evidence to support
the claims.
He
used the opportunity to again lash out at Russia for what the US and
its allies are pitching as Moscow's "destabilizing role" in
Ukraine and Syria, “and now the UK.” Moscow, Tillerson alleged,
”continues to be an irresponsible force of instability in the
world, acting with open disregard for the sovereignty of other states
and the life of their citizens.”
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