He added: "If I have a message to Putin, it's that we don't want a Cold War but we do want to see an improvement in the way Russia behaves." Asked whether he was sure Vladimir Putin's Russia ordered the Salisbury nerve agent attack on the Skripals, Mr Johnson said: "We are, like, almost 100pc sure. Mr Stolyarov told the Guardian he was impersonating Mr Pashinyan in the call, and said he had also spoken to Europe minister Sir Alan Duncan before the call with Mr Johnson. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "The Foreign Secretary realised it was a hoax and ended the call. Downing Street said there would be a "Whitehall investigation" into how the caller was able to get through to the Foreign Secretary.

Source: Irish Independent May 24, 2018 15:33 UTC