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13:32, July 09, 2007 |
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Russia's refusal to extradite the man accused in last year's fatal poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko will be treated with "seriousness."
"We will deal with (the refusal) with the seriousness which it deserves," Miliband said in an interview with the Financial Times published on Monday.
However, it was important for Britain and Russia to maintain "productive relations" between the two countries, said Miliband, who was named foreign secretary less than too weeks ago.
Russia's Prosecutor General's Office rejected Britain's request for the extradition of Andrei Lugovoy, the main suspect in the murder of former Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officer Litvinenko last week.
It said the refusal to turn over Lugovoy was based on a constitutional ban on turning Russian citizens over to foreign countries, as well as a European convention that allows signatories to refuse to extradite their nationals.
Source: Xinhua
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