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In
Salisbury
Fall-Out, ICP
Asks UK If
Expects Japan
To Expel
Russians,
Nebenzia Says
No, Alice in
Wonderland
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Video,
Photo
UNITED NATIONS,
April 5 – 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 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
Livanov.)
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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