LONDON: The European Union offered "unqualified solidarity" with Britain on Monday over a nerve agent attack blamed on Russia, as international weapons experts visited to take a sample of the chemical for testing.

In a joint statement, EU foreign ministers said they took "extremely seriously" Britain's claim that Moscow was behind the attack on a former Russian double agent in the English city of Salisbury.

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