UK, US, Germany and France issue joint statement condemning Russia for "assault on UK sovereignty" in nerve agent attack row.

The leaders called the attack an assault
on UK sovereignty (Source: Getty)

The UK has issued a joint statement with France, Germany and the US condemning the Salisbury attack on an ex-Russian spy, calling it "an assault on UK sovereignty" and threatening "the security of us all".

They agreed that Russia being behind the attack was the only plausible explanation.

In a statement, the leaders said:

This use of a military-grade nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia, constitutes the first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the Second World War.

It is an assault on UK sovereignty and any such use by a State party is a clear violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and a breach of international law. It threatens the security of us all.

By Rebecca Smith.

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