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EU takes UK allegations on Russia spy 'extremely seriously': statement

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EU foreign ministers today strongly condemned the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain and said they took "extremely seriously" London's assessment that Moscow is to blame for the attack.

"The European Union takes extremely seriously the UK government's assessment that it is highly likely that the Russian Federation is responsible," the 28 ministers said in a statement from a meeting in Brussels.

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First Published: Mar 19 2018 | 3:45 PM IST

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