Russia, Syria and Iran say US strike on Syria is an act of aggression

Moscow, Damascus and Tehran have agreed that the US strike on Syria was an act of aggression, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday after meeting with his Syrian and Iranian counterparts.

"We held important talks with our counterparts Walid Muallem and Mohammad Dzhavad Zarif, which allowed us to compare positions regarding the latest developments surrounding the settlement of the Syrian crisis.

"The dialogue in the trilateral format has become a tradition, we met as a trio in October 2016 in Moscow, and in today's meeting we considered, first of all, the situation that arose as a result of the US missile strike on the Syrian airfield on April 7. We confirmed our position, which is a unified position, considering the US strike on Syria as an act of aggression and a flagrant violation of the principles of international law and the UN Charter," Lavrov said.

On the night of April 7, the United States launched nearly 60 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian base in the Homs area. The target was Shayrat airfield, where, according to US officials, the chemical weapons attack on Idlib was staged.

According to Sputnik