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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said that the United States should take “very seriously” the case of the Russian political opponent Alexei Navalny suspected of having been poisoned.
“It is tragic. It is terrible. This should not be happening. We do not have proof yet, but I will consider this incident,” Reuters quoted President Trump at a press conference on Wednesday. 9 before telling reporters that the United States should pay attention to China, not Russia.
Trump’s statement is not as harsh as the statement from the State Department last week. “The United States is deeply concerned by the initial conclusion of German medical experts that Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is poisoned. If this information is correct, the United States supports the EU in calling for an investigation.” comprehensive and willing to support the investigation, “US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Aug. 25.
US Deputy Foreign Minister Stephen Biegun also yesterday urged Russia to fully cooperate with the international community to investigate the case involving Mr. Navalny. Earlier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel also asked Russia to open a criminal investigation into the Navalny poisoning case, but so far Russia has not opened such an investigation because it believes there are no indications of a criminal case.
Navalny, 44, is a Russian opposition politician and was arrested for organizing illegal protests. He had been in a coma since August 20 on a flight from Tomsk (Siberia) back to Moscow. He was treated at a hospital in Russia before being transferred to a hospital in Charite, Germany.
The German government said on 9/2 that the results of blood tests conducted in a German military laboratory showed that Mr. Navalny was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok.
Minh Phuong
According to the Reuters