MOSCOW. May 21 (Interfax) - Moscow still does not see London's desire to settle the argument about the poisoning of former Russian military intelligence (GRU) officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury in a civilized way, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
"More than two months have passed since the Salisbury incident, but still no indications are seen that the incumbent British leadership is seeking to settle the situation in a civilized way," Lavrov said in an interview with the Argentine newspaper Clarin.
London prefers not to hear Moscow's calls for "revising its destructive course and trying to clarify the incident together, openly and honestly," he said.
Russia stands ready "for substantive interaction" with the UK on the Salisbury incident and keeps "insisting on being provided with detailed information on the investigative procedures and with clarifying the authenticity of numerous and quite conflicting theories of the incident emerging in British media," Lavrov said.
"Regrettably, the British authorities' confrontational steps are continuing to damage dialogue between the two countries. Responsibility for the consequences of this for our bilateral relations fully rests with the British side," he said.