{"id":167658,"date":"2018-03-23T17:23:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T17:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=167658"},"modified":"2018-03-28T19:18:19","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T19:18:19","slug":"at-least-10-eu-nations-to-expel-russian-diplomats-in-spy-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=167658","title":{"rendered":"At least 10 EU nations to expel Russian diplomats in spy row"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction — March 23, 2018<\/h1>\n

\"Macron<\/a><\/h5>\n
Even though no hard evidence of Russian involvement in the Skripal’s poisoning has been presented, Britain insists that Russia was responsible.<\/h5>\n
Despite angry denials and the obvious lack of any obvious motive, Britain remains adamant that the Kremlin was involved.<\/h5>\n
More ominously Britain is now being supported in this face-off with Russia by EU member states. France, Germany, Italy and other EU states are reportedly considering expelling Russian diplomats following a meeting with Theresa May during which she briefed them on the investigation into the poisoning so far.<\/h5>\n
While the public has yet to see any convincing evidence of Russia’s involvement, the Western nations acting as one over the Skripals poisoning indicates that they have been “advised” by their globalist advisors to harden their positions regarding Russia.<\/h5>\n
We would suggest that this is being done in readiness for a future confrontation with Russia and its allies. This may only happen a year or two from now but make no mistake: plans for a military confrontation with Russia and its allies are now being drawn up.<\/h5>\n
The accusations of Russian involvement in the Skripals poisoning are part of the preparation for that conflict. Insofar as they demonise Russia and condition the Western public into viewing Putin’s Russia as a “threat” to be dealt with. Ed.<\/h5>\n

At least 10 EU nations to expel Russian diplomats in spy row<\/h1>\n

Daniel Boffey and Jennifer Rankin — The Guardian March 23, 2018<\/h2>\n

Russian intelligence agents and diplomats across the European Union will be expelled next week in response to the use of a nerve agent in Salisbury<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, described by Emmanuel Macron as an \u201cattack on European sovereignty\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

At least 10 EU member states will order Russian officials to leave, with the number of countries answering the UK\u2019s call for action expected to rise in the coming weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened in Great Britain has clearly never been seen before,\u201d the French president told reporters, at the end of a summit where EU leaders agreed unanimously that Moscow was \u201chighly likely\u201d to be responsible for the assault. \u201cIt is an aggression against the security and the sovereignty of an ally, today a member of the European Union<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, which demands a reaction.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, said she agreed there should be further measures, beyond the recall earlier on Friday<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of the EU\u2019s ambassador to Moscow.<\/span><\/p>\n

France and Germany were among the first countries to back the UK and do not expect the investigation by experts<\/a><\/strong><\/span> at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to change their conclusions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Macron said the OPCW work would be \u201cuseful, but is not going to change our vision of things\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Donald Tusk, the European Council president, said the Russians had stooped to a level to which the EU could never follow, but that it was up to leaders to do what they could to illustrate Europe\u2019s condemnation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The former Polish prime minister conceded there were different interests and attitudes to Russia<\/a><\/strong><\/span> among the member states, and not all would take measures against the Kremlin but said the bloc\u2019s response would still be without precedent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tusk said: \u201cIt is very difficult to prepare an adequate reaction to this kind of behaviour like a nerve agent attack. We will never have the real chance to respond adequately because we are completely different to the perpetrators of this attack if you know what I mean.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is why I was focused yesterday on for me the most important political goal … to keep the whole community united as possible in this very dramatic moment and situation and we reached this goal … As a result of our decision yesterday I expect a number of member states will take additional measures against Russia on Monday. It is not the end of our actions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIn these difficult circumstances I am personally especially pleased that despite the tough Brexit negotiations, the European Union has demonstrated unanimous and unequivocal unity with the UK in the face of this attack.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking as she departed from the meeting of leaders in Brussels, Theresa May confirmed that fresh evidence presented to the 27 other member states had encouraged them to endorse the UK\u2019s analysis of the incident earlier this month, which left the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and his daughter, Yulia, fighting for their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been sharing throughout, sharing on intelligence channels what we can with our colleagues,\u201d the prime minister said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Italy is traditionally seen as having warmer relations with Moscow than most EU countries, but the country\u2019s Europe<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>minister, Sandro Gozi, said there was no hesitation from Italy \u201conce things became clearer thanks to the information we got from [the British] prime minister\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the recall of the EU\u2019s ambassador \u201cdoes not have immediate political or economic consequences\u201d, but he hoped would \u201chelp the Russians to have a more constructive attitude\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

The situation highlighted the \u201cBrexit paradox\u201d of \u201cthe growing awareness in London of the need to develop a common approach that I hope will turn into a [post-Brexit] strong partnership on security, defence and foreign affairs\u201d, Gozi added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Member states understood to be preparing to oust diplomats include France, Germany, Poland, Ireland<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Denmark.<\/span><\/p>\n

In response, the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, accused the UK of trying to make \u201cthe crisis with Russia as deep as possible\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

In London they \u201care feverishly trying to force allies to take confrontational steps\u201d, he told reporters on a visit to Hanoi, the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov warns that London is trying to make \u201cthe crisis with Russia as deep as possible\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-russia","category-sergei-skripal-poisoning"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167658"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167664,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167658\/revisions\/167664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}