Mr Johnson had been due in the Russian capital on Monday but will stay away as G7 foreign ministers draw up their coordinated response.
Rex Tillerson, US secretary of state, seemed to take a more patient stance with regard to Assad, saying on Saturday that the administration's first priority is the defeat of ISIL, also known as ISIS.
Meanwhile, Italy wants the group to issue a communique that will reinforce the United Nations -backed peace process in the war-torn country, Reuters reported.
Lavrov and Tillerson agreed to continue the discussion of the Syrian settlement during a personal meeting next week during US Secretary's of State visit to Moscow.
The Russian legislator further criticized US President Donald Trump as an "unpredictable and reckless" politician, stressing that the US military action against Syria has further damaged the already-battered relations between Moscow and Washington.
Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has demanded Russian Federation rein in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, claiming that Moscow is "responsible for every civilian death" in last week's chemical weapons attack on Khan Sheikhun.
"We deplore Russia's continued defence of the Assad regime even after the chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians", he added.
We don't see a peaceful Syria with Assad in there, " Haley said on CNN.
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A lawmaker in the Russian lower house of the parliament, the State Duma, has vehemently condemned the recent USA missile strikes on Syria, warning that the military aggression risks a nuclear war.
But there have been repeated allegations of chemical weapons use since.
A joint command centre made up of the forces of Russia, Iran and Hezbollah said the United States strike on a Syrian airbase crossed "red lines", hours after the U.S. indicated removing President Bashar al-Assad was the only hope for peace.
The regional alliance said the US cruise missile strikes on a Syrian base which Washington said was involved in a chemical attack that killed dozens of civilians would not deter their forces from "liberating" all of Syrian territory.
"It's important that we keep our priorities straight", said Tillerson.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the USA strike should be the start of a renewed effort to end the civil war, which has killed an estimated 400,000 people and displaced half of Syria's population.
The two leaders also called for an "objective, unbiased investigation" into the incident involving chemical weapons which killed more than 100 people last week in Idlib province, Syria, the Kremlin said in a statement on its website. "And saying, 'we are only going after chemical weapons areas, ' ignores the enormity of the problem", he said.
On NBC News' "Meet the Press", Haley said that the strike sent a message to Russian Federation and other countries that support Assad's regime, including Iran.
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