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In Salisbury Fall-Out, US Speaks from DC, UK on 1984, Nebenzia Through The Looking Glass

By Matthew Russell Lee, Video, Photo

UNITED NATIONS, April 18 – Back on March 14 after UK Prime Minster Theresa wrote a "Dear Antonio" letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres about the poisoning in Salisbury of Sergey Skripal and his daughter, also injuring a policeman, a UN Security Council meeting was set for 3 pm, see below. On April 18 another meeting was held, at which Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia (photo here; Nikki Haley here) referred to Alice, Through the Looking Glass, while the UK's Karen Pierce cited Orwell's 1984. Afterward the US State Department issued this: "Today, the UN Security Council and the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) met to discuss the OPCW’s recent findings related to the March 4 use of a military-grade nerve agent in Salisbury, UK.

The OPCW’s independent report, released last week, confirms the UK lab analysis regarding the identity of the chemical used in Salisbury.  We applaud the OPCW’s expeditious support and technical efforts to uncover the facts.

We fully support the UK and the need for today’s special meetings of the OPCW Executive Council and the UN Security Council to discuss the chemical weapons attack in Salisbury and the OPCW’s detailed independent analysis.

As we have made clear, the United States agrees with the UK’s assessment that Russia is responsible for this use of chemical weapons on UK soil– either through deliberate use or through its failure to declare and secure its stocks of this nerve agent.

Only the Government of Russia has the motive, means, and record to conduct such an attack.  Russia developed the type of military-grade nerve agent used in Salisbury and has a record of conducting state-sponsored assassinations.

Rather than changing its harmful and destructive behavior, the Russian government offers only denials and counteraccusations to deflect attention from its culpability.

The United States condemns the use of chemical weapons anywhere, anytime, by anyone, under any circumstances.  We urge our colleagues on the UN Security Council and the OPCW Executive Council to join us, as they have before, to create a unified front against the use of chemical weapons.  We cannot allow the normalization of chemical weapons use."
On April 5 another meeting was held, complete with Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia quoting in the Council from Alice in Wonderland, and UK Ambassador Karen Pierce musing before the meeting if Nebenzia is similar to Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes (and noting the Russian actor who played Sherlock Holmes, Visily L
ivanov.)

Inner City Press asked Pierce, "Is the UK calling on any other countries to expel diplomats? Some have wondered about other countries like Japan for example. Do you think there will be another round of expulsions?"

 Pierce replied, " I’ll start with your Japan question. We are very grateful for a number of allies and partners who have joined us in taking measures against Russian intelligence officers. At the moment I am not able to confirm what the next steps will be but it is something we keep under review and we delegate a lot of time talking to our friends and partners on this."

 After the meeting, after Nebenzia said "I rest my case," Inner City Press asked him if HE expects more expulsions, for example from Japan. "No," he said. And when Inner City Press subsequently asked Pierce is she is wrong she declined to comment.

In Japan, pro-Abe media Sankei Shimbun for one has published questions about why Japan did not join the EU, Canada and others in that round of expulsions. But they are not pursuing the question at the UN. In fact, they are nowhere to be seen. Watch this site.

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