Lavrov statement on the US strike on Syria
At the same time, the Minister of Defense of Britain, speaking as a kind of remote press secretary of the Pentagon, announced that in launching a missile attack on the Syrian military base in Homs, "there is no need to perceive the beginning of a new American military operation." In other words, Fallon wants to say that the American missile strike is “isolated”, moreover, it was carried out as part of an ongoing US military operation in Syria?
Meanwhile, the US missile attack on Syria was commented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The head of Russian diplomacy compared rocket attacks on Syrian territory to the beginning of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
RIA News cites the statement of the Russian Foreign Minister:
Today it is generally difficult to recall when the United States and its allies for the last time in the international arena acted in full accordance with international law.
Sergei Lavrov:
According to the Russian foreign minister, the US attack on Syria is an act of aggression under a false pretext.
- Russian Foreign Ministry website
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