BERLIN: German Chancellor
Angela Merkel said the immediate priority of
European Union leaders discussing the nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy in
Britain would not be to discuss a potential boycott of the soccer World Cup in
Russia.
Ahead of an
EU leaders' summit at which the poison attack will be discussed, Merkel said the focus of discussions would be the need to obtain clarity on what had happened in the attack, in which the spy, his daughter and a policeman were hurt.
Her Swedish counterpart Stefan Lofven, speaking at the same joint press conference on Friday, said he agreed Russia needed to provide clarity regarding the attack.
