UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on poisoning of ex-spy

ESPIONAGE. A police officer stand in front of a cordon in front of The Mill pub in Salisbury, southern England, on March 11, 2018, as investigations continue in connection with the major incident sparked after a man and a woman were apparently poisoned in a nerve agent attack a week ago. File photo by Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP

UNITED NATIONS – The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday, March 14, at Britain's request to discuss the poisoning of a Russian former double agent in England.

Britain will brief council members during the open meeting at 1900 GMT on the nerve agent that left ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in critical condition, the British mission to the United Nations said.

Prime Minister Theresa May is due to outline Britain's response to the March 4 attack during a parliament session in London later Wednesday.

May has declared that it was "highly likely" that Russia was behind the attack, either directly or it had "lost control" of the nerve agent Novichok, developed by the Soviet Union.

Russia has denied any involvement. – Rappler.com