Russia’s bid for joint inquiry into spy poisoning fails

Attempts by Russia to initiate a joint inquiry into the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia has failed.

The move by Russia did not see the light of day after it was outvoted 15-6 at a meeting of the global chemical weapons watchdog known as the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

According to reports, voting took place during an emergency meeting of the decision-making executive of the chemicals weapon watchdog with Russia aiming to prove that it did not have a hand in the poisoning of Skripal and his daughter.

Read also: POISONING OF SPY: US joins row

Meanwhile, reports say UK’s security services have located a Russian laboratory where the nerve agent used on Skripal and his daughter was manufactured.

Britain was aware of the existence of the site before March 4, the report said.

It cited an unidentified security source as saying they have a “high degree of confidence in the location”.

Skripal’s poisoning on British soil has sparked a festering diplomatic row between the West and Russia with US expelling over 60 Russian diplomats days after Poland, Lithuania and Latvia recalled their envoys from Moscow over the poisoning of the former spy.

 

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