The Russian ambassador was summoned to the Swedish Foreign Ministry

The Russian ambassador was summoned to the Swedish Foreign Ministry because of the "case of Skripal"

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STOCKHOLM, March 19 - RIA Novosti, Ludmila Bozhko. The Swedish Foreign Ministry will call the Russian ambassador in Stockholm. The reason was Moscow's statements that the kingdom could be a source of substance, which was poisoned by Skripal. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the press service of the Foreign Ministry.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, referring to the Salisbury incident, said that "the most likely source of origin of the ... chemical are those countries that have been conducting intensive research since the late 1990s, including to the present day" in this area. According to her, this is the UK, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Sweden, "the United States should also raise the issue."

Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Walström called Zakharova's statement unacceptable.

"The Case of Skripal"

Ex-GRU officer Sergei Skripal was granted asylum in the UK after an exchange of spies accused of espionage between Moscow and Washington in 2010.

On the fourth of March, Skripal and his daughter Julia were found unconscious in Salisbury. According to the police, they were poisoned with substance A-234, allegedly produced in Russia.

Moscow rejected any involvement in the poisoning. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed that Russia wanted to gain access to the investigation materials, but London refused.

Vladimir Putin, in turn, said that Russia has no chemical weapons - it was destroyed under the supervision of international observers. He also said that Moscow is ready to cooperate in the investigation, but for this there must be interest on the other hand.

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