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Tillerson visits Russia as tensions spike over US strike on Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) shakes hands with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after a press conference in Moscow on April 12, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Marina Kortunova 

Press TV, Moscow

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s visit to Russia comes less than a week after US missile strikes in Syria. The strikes have further raised tensions between the two countries. Moscow says the strikes were illegal but the US has threatened Russia and Syria with more sanctions.

Our correspondent in Moscow Marina Kortunova has filed this report.


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