Asked whether the suspected chemical attack in Salisbury made him reconsider his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump said, "Getting along with Russia is a good thing."
The talks come amid strained ties between Moscow and London. May has accused Russia of a role in the March 4 poisoning of a Russian ex-spy and his daughter in Salisbury. Earlier this month, two British nationals were allegedly exposed to the same chemical in Amesbury; one of them died later. The police reported that it had failed to find link between the two incidents.
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The Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom announced that Moscow would consider the Salisbury and Amesbury incidents as anti-Russia provocations by London if the UK government did not provide Russia with access to the investigation materials and the Skripals.