British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson canceled his visit to Russia due to the situation in Syria

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has canceled his April 10 visit to Russia.

“The developments in Syria have completely changed the situation,” Johnson said in a statement published on the Foreign Ministry website. The text notes that Russia "continues to support the Assad regime even after the use of chemical weapons on civilians."

“I will not come to Moscow on Monday, April 10. My priority is talks with G7 partners about Syria and Russian support for Assad,” Johnson tweeted.

The position of the G7 will be conveyed to Russia during his visit by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Johnson said in a statement.

• Boris Johnson, who headed the British Foreign Office in the summer of 2016, was supposed to arrive in Moscow at the end of March, but the visit was postponed indefinitely due to changes in the dates of the meeting of NATO foreign ministers. The last official visit of the British Foreign Secretary to Russia took place in May 2012.
• On April 4, in the Syrian province of Idlib, several dozen people were killed after an airstrike. The dead and numerous injured had symptoms of chemical poisoning.
• Western countries accused the regime of President Bashar al-Assad of using chemical weapons. The Russian Federation stated that terrorists were engaged in the production of prohibited weapons.
• The United States responded to Syria's use of chemical weapons on April 7 with rocket attacks on an airfield used by the Syrian armed forces. As a result, several people died, including civilians. Russia then announced the termination of cooperation with the United States in Syria to prevent air incidents.