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Russia must end ‘irresponsible activity’:Theresa May tells Vladimir Putin

Reuters | ByReuters
Jun 28, 2019 06:36 PM IST

May also told the Russian president during their meeting at the G20 summit in Japan that she wanted the two Russians Britain says is responsible for the attack on Sergei Skripal in Salisbury last year brought to justice, her office said in a statement.

British Prime Minister Theresa May told Vladimir Putin on Friday Russia must end its “irresponsible and destabilising activity” if relations between the two countries, soured the poisoning of a former Russian spy on British soil, were to improve.

British Prime Minister Theresa May told Vladimir Putin on Friday Russia must end its “irresponsible and destabilising activity”. (REUTERS/Toby Melville)
British Prime Minister Theresa May told Vladimir Putin on Friday Russia must end its “irresponsible and destabilising activity”. (REUTERS/Toby Melville)

May also told the Russian president during their meeting at the G20 summit in Japan that she wanted the two Russians Britain says is responsible for the attack on Sergei Skripal in Salisbury last year brought to justice, her office said in a statement.

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“The prime minister said that the use of a deadly nerve agent on the streets of Salisbury formed part of a wider pattern of unacceptable behaviour and was a truly despicable act that led to the death of a British citizen, Dawn Sturgess,” the statement said.

“(She) underlined that we remain open to a different relationship, but for that to happen the Russian government must choose a different path.”

(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)

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