May meets Putin for the first time by poisoning Russian agent

Prime Minister May's spokesman has said that the June 28th meeting, in margins at the Summit of the Group of the 20 most industrialised countries, does not imply normalisation of relations.

“We remain open to better relations, but only if Russia gives up activities that undermine international treaties and security”, the British spokesman has said before reporters.

In Moscow, Yuri Usshakov, senior adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has said Russia would welcome a turning point in relations with Britain.

Earlier this month, Putin has said it is time to pass this chapter” of relations between these two states.

Former Russian agent Sergei Scripal and his daughter, Yulia, were seen unconsciously on a bench near a park in Sallsbury on March 4th last year, and later found they were exposed to nervous agent Novico, a substance developed by the Soviet Army.

However, both are alive, though they live in an unknown location because of security.

As a result of this incident, Great Britain, the United States and the European Union have expelled Russian diplomats from their countries and continued existing sanctions on Moscow.

In September last year, British authorities have said they have sufficient evidence to accuse two Russians, identified as Alexandr Petrov and Ruslan Bosirov, of various crimes, including the plot and conduct of the assassination.

The British Intelligence Agency has said they were Russian military intelligence officials sent to Britain to kill Scripal.

The last time they met May and Putin, it was also the G20 Summit, which was held in China in 2016.