“This is not the response of a country that believes itself to be innocent”@BorisJohnson says Vladimir Chizhov’s suggestion that the UK research laboratory Porton Down is the source of the nerve agent is “satirical” #marr pic.twitter.com/jMQeoLjUlw
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) March 18, 2018
Mr Johnson claimed Putin’s regime has spent a decade looking in to how to deploy deadly nerve agents across the world.
He told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show: “We actually have evidence within the last ten years that Russia has not only been investigating the delivery of nerve agents for the purposes of assassination, but has also been creating and stockpiling novichok.”
The minister blasted Russia for its efforts to deny responsibility for the attempted hit in Salisbury.
He said: “The trail of responsibility leads inexorably to the Kremlin.
BREAK – UK has evidence that Russia has been creating and stockpiling deadly nerve agent #novichok over past 10 years, @BorisJohnson says. This suggests desire for using chemical weapons in military forces not just as tool of assassination
— Deborah Haynes (@haynesdeborah) March 18, 2018