austell requested the session after the world's chemical watchdog rejected moscow's demand for a jointussian, british investigation into the poisoning. i asked our moscow correspondent what russia is trying to achieve right now. yuri? >> the russian ambassador to the u.k. says moscow would accept the results of international investigations but only if the process was transparent and of other countries were involved. he said he wanted to know which experts were involved in the testing of the energy to that of the nerve agent. moscow is trying to get as much information as they can with the investigation and they are doing this on the highest possible political stage at the un security council. russia is going to demand transparency and evidence, hard, clear, evidence. assumptions, accusations, but evidence there is moscow feels it is being pushed against the wall and is insists is absolutely innocent. >> we have had a couple things happen today and the said today that rather the will during, if you will, let's go through those. the russian ambassador to the u.k. talk of russian citizens

important steps in the right direction and we will continue to do so we cannot rely if conflicts on austell doorstep for others to step in and we ourselves don't have to given a contribution and this contribution will have to increase in the next few years to come that has something to do with military engagement offensive and then with combating and tackling root causes of flight but also was of it in is to become more engaged in diplomacy germany for example for the first time. it is part and parcel of the so-called small group that has just had a meeting in paris and syria together with the us with the like a with saudi arabia and we want to give our contribution to this as well it's our obligation it's our duty i don't think that. we ought to complain about this we have to land as a pick country as an economically successful country as the president says you know economically successful but militarily and politically you don't wish to do so much we have to learn to assume our role and there are differences of opinion we as friends can discuss that. thank you chancellor we need a recipro