The saga highlighted a “shared vulnerability” in an interconnected world, Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam said in the message, which features in his 2018 Christmas card.
Bishop Nicholas told Premier: “What it did – as well as damage individuals – is damage a community, it’s damaged our trust in one another.
“This is a time to rebuild trust – and to have confidence in who we are and what we are.”
The Declaration, which is being sent to more than 800 people, asserts that “love, light and life will triumph” in Salisbury.
It also pays tribute to those “who risked themselves and responded with courage, dedication and skill”.
The poisonings began on 4th March 2018 with the targeting of a former Russian spy and his daughter.
When Sergei and Yulia Skripal became ill after becoming exposed to Novichok, a police officer, Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, was also contaminated.
On 30th June, two British nationals – Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess – also fell ill due to Novichok. Sturgess died on 8th July.
Police activity in a cul-de-sac in Salisbury near to the home of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal as a nerve agent is believed to have been used to critically injure him and his daughter Yulia
Bishop Nicholas told Premier: “One of the things I want to come from [the…
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