The message is away

British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson announced the cancellation of a visit to Moscow due to the escalation of a crisis in Syria, BBC reports . He had to visit the Russian capital on Monday April 10.

“The development of events in Syria has fundamentally changed,” Johnson said. “Now my priority is to continue contacts with the United States and other countries on the eve of the G7 meeting on April 10-11 to establish coordinated international support and intensify the political process.”

At the same time, the British minister noted that the visit of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Moscow will be held, as planned, on April 11-12, after a meeting of foreign ministers of the Great Seven countries.

“He will be able to convey our clear and coordinated message to the Russians,” Johnson said. The minister also expressed indignation in connection with the "continuing defense of Russia of the regime (Bashar) Assad, even after a chemical attack on civilians."

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted that the abolition of the first in five years of the visit of the British Minister of Foreign Affairs followed shortly after its transfer. It seems that our Western colleagues live in some kind of their own reality, in which they first try to single -handedly build collective plans, then they are also unique to change them, inventing absurd reasons, ”she said. - We always advocated building a stable relationship on a solid international right. Unfortunately, stability and sequence have long ceased to be the hallmark of Western foreign policy. "

Initially, Johnson's visit was planned at the end of March. But then he was postponed "due to changes in the schedule of the meeting of foreign ministers of NATO member countries."

On March 4, the British Foreign Ministry stated that during the visit, Johnson would harshly defend the British position . "The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs made it clear that our policy in relation to Russia is determined by the formula for" interact, but to beware, "the statement noted." There was no return to the normal course of affairs, and the Foreign Minister will continue to strictly defend our position on those issues where there are disagreements. "

The relations of Russia and the West sharply aggravated, after the city of Khan-Sheikhun in the Syrian Muhafaz, Idlib, underwent a chemical attack . Bombs with poisonous gases, allegedly Zarin and chlorine were thrown into the city. At least 72 people were killed, including 20 children and 17 women. The number of victims, according to various sources, amounted to more than 160 to 300 people.

On Friday, at about 3:40 a.m. local time, the American warships of Porter and Ross, on the orders of President Donald Trump, released 59 Tomahawk winged missiles from the Eastern Mediterranean. The Russian Ministry of Defense, referring to their technical means of observation, announced the low efficiency of the blow.

At the emergency meeting convened on Friday, the UN Security Council Washington and Moscow exchanged mutual charges . America will make the Syrian dictator Bashar al -Assad will no longer use chemical weapons, promised by the constant representative of the United States to the UN Nikki Haley. “We are ready to go further, although we hope that this is not required,” she emphasized. Haley expressed confidence that “Assad’s strengthening will lead only to new murders”, condemning Russia and Iran in this regard. The British representative Matthew Ryruct called the American blow "a proportional response to an unthinkable act"

In response, the representative of Russia Vladimir Safronkov called the US actions illegal and "terrorists playing on the hands." "Your one -way actions will lead the region to terrible tragedies," he said.