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Kremlin Slams UK’s Absence To Meet Over Spy Poisoning

  The Kremlin said on Wednesday the absence of the British ambassador from a Moscow meeting over the poisoning of a Russian double agent in … Continue reading Kremlin Slams UK’s Absence To Meet Over Spy Poisoning


Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on March 21, 2018, as she heads to the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) session in the House of Commons./ AFP
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on March 21, 2018, as she heads to the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) session in the House of Commons./ AFP

 

The Kremlin said on Wednesday the absence of the British ambassador from a Moscow meeting over the poisoning of a Russian double agent in the UK showed London’s unwillingness to “hear answers”.

“Perhaps this is another eloquent demonstration of the absurdity of the situation when questions are being asked but the unwillingness to hear some answers is being shown,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

The British embassy said earlier that its ambassador will not attend the meeting called by the Russian foreign ministry to explain Moscow’s view on the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter earlier this month.