London: Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has cancelled a scheduled visit to Moscow next week, his office announced Saturday, saying "developments in Syria have changed the situation fundamentally".
"My priority is now to continue contact with the US and others in the run up to the G7 meeting on 10-11 April," said Mr Johnson, who was due to travel to Moscow on Monday.
"We deplore Russia's continued defence of the Assad regime even after the chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians," added Mr Johnson.
"I discussed these plans in detail with Secretary Tillerson," Mr Johnson said, adding that the US foreign minister would still visit Moscow as planned following the G7 meeting to "deliver that clear and co-ordinated message to the Russians."
The move was in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on the town of Khan Sheikhun earlier in the week which killed at least 86 people according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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"My priority is now to continue contact with the US and others in the run up to the G7 meeting on 10-11 April," said Mr Johnson, who was due to travel to Moscow on Monday.
"We deplore Russia's continued defence of the Assad regime even after the chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians," added Mr Johnson.
"I discussed these plans in detail with Secretary Tillerson," Mr Johnson said, adding that the US foreign minister would still visit Moscow as planned following the G7 meeting to "deliver that clear and co-ordinated message to the Russians."
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The move was in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on the town of Khan Sheikhun earlier in the week which killed at least 86 people according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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