When the interviewer proposed that the retaliatory missile strike marked a drastic change in Trump's position on Syria, Assad insisted the US and Syria could still be partners in fighting terrorism, once Trump wrested control of Washington away from the military-industrial complex.
This satellite image released by the U.S. Department of Defense shows a damage assessment image of Shayrat air base in Syria, following U.S. Tomahawk missile strikes, April 7, 2017.
The prime minister said the foreign secretary did "an excellent job in bringing together the G7".
Washington in retaliation launched missile strikes on a Syrian air base they say was the starting point for the chemical weapons attack, a move that ratcheted up tensions between the United States and Syria's ally Russian Federation. Tillerson said the United States is "quite confident" that it "was planned and it was directed and executed by Syrian regime forces".
Syria's Foreign Ministry has condemned the United States strike as "a flagrant aggression" against the Arab country, and said Washington's real objective was to "weaken the strength of the Syrian army in confronting terrorist groups".
Assad said more USA attacks "could happen anytime, anywhere, not only in Syria".
"There is a low level of trust between our two countries".
According to Peskov, the use of groundless accusations points to a coming crisis in bilateral relations.
Mr Lavrov said Russia, Iran and Syria have demanded a "thorough, objective and unbiased investigation" under the auspices of the OPCW, insisting it must use "independent experts", including from Moscow. "Tillerson had serious dialogue in Moscow that can help start dealing with issues. Russian Federation now has a lot to prove", U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said.
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Only weeks ago, it appeared that Donald Trump, who lavishly praised Russian President Vladimir Putin throughout the election campaign, was poised for a potentially historic rapprochement with Russia.
Syria dominated the agenda on Wednesday. In his Wednesday interview with AFP, Assad similarly said his nation would allow only an "impartial" investigation.
"Our firepower, our ability to attack the terrorists, hasn't been affected by this strike", Assad said.
Of Assad, Trump added: "This is an animal". "We do think it's important that Assad's departure is done in an orderly way".
Lavrov, whose government surprised the West last week when Putin's spokesman said support for the Assad regime was "not unconditional", said Moscow was not placing its hopes on any individual in Syria, including Assad.
Despite the tensions between the two countries, both Russian Federation and the U.S. agreed to fight global terrorism and continue discussions on Syrian conflict settlement.
Activists including the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said buses carrying rebels began leaving the rebel-held towns Madaya and Zabadani near Damascus on Friday morning in the first phase of the deal, which will also see the evacuation of residents from two pro-government Shiite villages in northern Syria.
He added there was no talk on Wednesday about a possible Trump-Putin meeting. -Russian relations with the state television channel Mir before his meeting with Tillerson.
Despite the high stakes and heightened scrutiny, there were some aspects of Wednesday's visit that seemed nearly playful. "Give us the evidence" of Russia's illicit involvement in USA politics", Lavrov said, "and we will respond".
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