Wednesday, April 4th., 2018
We don’t want apologies, we want common sense to triumph – Putin on Skripal saga
As the case for Moscow’s involvement in the poisoning of Sergei
Skripal is weakened by new revelations, Russian President Vladimir Putin
says he simply wants the diplomatic fallout over the incident to end.
“We are not waiting for anything,” the
Russian president said at a joint press conference with his Turkish and
Iranian counterparts in Ankara, in response to a journalist who asked
if Moscow was waiting for apologies from the UK for its accusations.READ MORE: UK Foreign Office denies claiming nerve agent from Russia, despite tweet and Boris Johnson interview
“All we are expecting is that common sense triumphs, and that international relations stop being harmed, as they have been in recent times. This doesn’t just concern the attempted murder of Skripal, but other aspects of international relations.”
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