New Zealand Puts Aside Russia Trade Plans After Nerve Attack

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has put aside plans to pursue a free-trade deal with Russia and joined other nations in condemning the country following the poisoning of a former spy in Britain. New Zealand had come under increasing pressure from allies to denounce Russia following the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury. Leaders finally did that late Friday when Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement there was no plausible explanation other than the poison came from Russia and that Russia's response had been "cynical, sarcastic and inadequate.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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