Russias Ambassador to Britain has requested a meeting with Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to discuss the fallout from last months poisoning of an ex-spy in the English city of Salisbury, the Russian Embassy said on Saturday.
“We believe that it is high time to arrange a meeting between Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in order to discuss the whole range of bilateral issues, as well as the investigation of the Salisbury incident,” a spokesperson told AFP.
“Unfortunately, the current state of the foreign office interaction with the embassy is utterly unsatisfactory.”
The spokesperson said Yakovenko had sent a “personal note” to Johnson asking for the meeting.
“We hope that the British side will engage constructively and that such (a) meeting is arranged shortly,” the spokesperson added.
Britain’s Foreign Office said it had received the request and would be “responding in due course”.
Relations between london and Moscow have plumbed new lows in recent weeks following the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia on March 4.
The conditions of the Skripals has continued to improve this week, with the ex-spy no longer in critical condition, the hospital treating him said, and his daughter saying Thursday her strength was “growing daily”.