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WickedsDesire -> US says 'low point' of Russia ties cannot continue (4/21/2017 10:51:24 PM)
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US says 'low point' of Russia ties cannot continue
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says ties with Russia are at a low point and must improve.
After two hours of talks with President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Secretary Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, he said that the "two foremost nuclear powers cannot have this relationship".
Although there was some "common ground" on Syria, "broad differences" remained.
Mr Lavrov said the two sides needed to overcome "time-bomb issues" inherited from Barack Obama's administration. guffaws
Tensions have risen since a suspected chemical attack on the rebel-held Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun last week that left 89 people dead.
The US and its allies blamed the Syrian government, and the US fired 59 cruise missiles at Syria's Shayrat airbase in response.
Syria denied carrying out the chemical attack and has the support of its main ally, Russia, which on Wednesday vetoed a motion brought to the UN Security Council which would have required Bashar al-Assad's government to co-operate with investigators.
It is the eighth time Moscow has used its veto to protect Syria.
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