NATO to convene special meeting on 'intentional poisoning' of Navalny

After German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that EU risks becoming “irrelevant” if it did t act against Russia over Navalny’s poisoning, ambassors of member states of NATO decided to convene a “special meeting” today, September 4, in Brussels. Officials called for "restrictive measures" against Russia for suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leer Alexei Navalny. NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg will preside meeting and is scheduled to speak at a press conference later. He said that he would consult Germany and all NATO Allies on implications.

EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell condemned Russia and called for sanctions. He demanded a joint international response that reserves right to take appropriate actions, including through restrictive measures. He said in a press release, " use of chemical weapons is completely unacceptable under any circumstances, constitutes a serious breach of international law and international human rights standards.” Furr, European Union officials called on Russia for an independent international probe and urged to cooperate with Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

" OPCW continues to monitor situation and stands rey to eng with and to assist any States Parties that may request its assistance,” OPCW Director-General Fernando Arias said in a statement.

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ditionally, a senior German politician also called for a "European response" after Chancellor Merkel found an "unequivocal evidence” of nerve nt vichok use for poisoning. He of Germany's parliamentary foreign affairs committee, rbert Roettgen, said in a statement that it was w necessary to "pursue hard politics” and respond with “langu Putin [President] understands”, ding, “Gas sales”. Furr, in an on-air interview with Germany’s Deutschlandfunk rio, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union said that rd Stream 2 gas pipeline, from Russia to Germany, must be “stalled”. 

German military lab identified vichok

Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rubbished reports that Russia responsible for poisoning political rival Alexei Navalny. In an dress to press, Peskov denied allegations of “intentional poisoning” of Navalny by Russian authorities and accused Russian doctors and pro-Kremlin media of fabrication of narrative. Kremlin also accused Berlin of failing to share “solid evidence”. Germany’s Chancellor in a presser h anunced, that a German military lab identified and confirmed that poison in Navalny's system is a variant of vichok, a Soviet-era nerve nt. Meanwhile, EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell asked Russia to cooperate with an international probe, asserting, that doctors found "cholinesterase inhibitors" in Navalny’s system and 27-nation bloc would t rule out sanctions. 

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