NATIONAL: Nerve agent in Salisbury attack '˜clearly came from Russia' says US secretary of state
Mr Tillerson’s comments amount to the strongest US response yet to Theresa May’s declaration that it was ‘highly likely’ Russia was behind the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury on March 4.
The Prime Minister told MPs that the highly dangerous substance used in the attack was a military-grade Novichok nerve agent produced by Russia.
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In a formal statement released after a phone call with foreign secretary Boris Johnson, the US secretary of state said: ‘We have full confidence in the UK’s investigation and its assessment that Russia was likely responsible for the nerve agent attack that took place in Salisbury last week.
‘Those responsible – both those who committed the crime and those who ordered it – must face appropriately serious consequences.’