Safronkov said Russia's foreign minister asked US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during talks earlier on Wednesday in Moscow to jointly request the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons "to immediately put together an independent worldwide mission" to visit Khan Sheikhoun and the air base that the US attacked in retaliation.
Ending waves of uncertainty, Russian President Vladimir Putin received Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the Kremlin Wednesday, despite deteriorated relations between their countries. Tillerson, however, used his opening remarks to portray a more diplomatic tone in which he called the talks "an important moments in the United States' relationship with Russian Federation".
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Later Wednesday, Russia blocked the U.N. Security Council's draft resolution condemning Syria and calling for it to comply with an investigation.
A draft resolution condemning the Syrian government for the alleged chemical attack in the country that was introduced by the UK, France and the United States was blocked by Russian Federation on Wednesday, according to AzVision. Meanwhile, Tillerson said that he and Lavrov discussed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at length and that he made clear that the Trump administration has come around to the view that the Syrian President can not stay in power. Lavrov said the meeting between Tillerson and Putin lasted for over two hours. He also said war-crime charges could be possible "the longer time goes by".
The missile strike, which targeted a Syrian military air base, followed a chemical weapon attack that the USA and other Western nations have blamed on Assad, an assessment that the Kremlin disputes. "We consider it of utmost importance to prevent the risks of replay of similar action in the future". "The world's two foremost nuclear powers can not have this kind of relationship".
There were only a handful of issues Tillerson and Lavrov said they broadly agreed on - that the Korean peninsula should be denuclearized, Syria should be "unified and stable" after the Islamic State is defeated, and that there should be more communication between U.S. and Russian diplomats and militaries.
In a blatant response to the alleged chemical attack, the US launched dozens of Tomahawk to destro the Shayrat airfield in Syria, believed by Washington be the base for warplanes that carried out the chemical attack on a rebel-held town on Tuesday.
USA and Russian Federation at 'low point' after no breakthrough in Moscow
Tillerson's meeting was the first face-to-face between a Trump administration official and the controversial Russian president. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hasn't produced any positive shift yet in Russia-U.S. relations, the Kremlin said Thursday.
Worldwide investigators have concluded that sarin, chlorine and sulphur mustard gas have been used in Syria's six-year-old conflict, with government forces using chlorine and Islamic State militants using sulphur mustard.
"It'd be a fantastic thing if we got along with Putin and if we got along with Russian Federation".
In an interview with Fox News aired Wednesday, Trump said he broke the news of the USA missile strike on Syria during a dinner with Xi and that the Chinese leader "was OK with it" because it was in response to the use of "gases" and victims had included young children and babies. "I do not know who saw them". The palpable tension hanging over Tillerson's trip spoke to a widening chasm between the former Cold War foes. Russian Federation is Syria's most powerful ally.
"It'd be a fantastic thing if we got along with Putin and if we got along with Russia", Trump said. Trump says it's also "very bad for mankind".
"That's a butcher. That's a butcher", Trump said of Assad. Speaking on Russian state television, Putin said "the level of trust at the working level, especially at the military level, has not become better but most likely has degraded".
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says a poison gas attack blamed on his Government last week was "100 per cent fabrication" used to justify a USA air strike.
The White House accused Russian Federation of attempting to "cover up" Assad's use of chemical weapons after the veto motion, after Russian Federation claims there was "no evidence" that Assad forces had carried out the attack. Intelligence services from several Western countries dispute that claim. "No", Trump said. But, he added, "I see them using gas ... we have to do something".
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