SAN FRANCISCO, April 12, (THEWILL) – President Vladimir Putin of Russia has disclosed that the level of trust between Moscow and Washington have deteriorated since Donald Trump assumed office as President of the United States, U.S.
According to a transcript of the interview released by the Kremlin on Wednesday, Putin stated this when asked about relations between both countries since Trump became President.
“One could say that the level of trust on a working level, especially on the military level, has not improved, but rather has deteriorated,” he said.
On accusations that Syria’s government launched a chemical weapons attack in Idlib province, the Russian leader said Damascus had given up its chemical weapons stocks.
Providing two main explanations for the incident in Idlib province, he stated that either the Syrian government air strikes hit rebel chemical weapons stocks, releasing poisonous gas, or that the incident was a set-up designed to discredit the Syrian government.
Trump’s administration had accused Russia of trying to shield Syria’s government from blame for a deadly gas attack.
Trump, who has faced criticism for lacking a broader strategy to deal with the Syrian crisis, insisted that he has no plans to “go into” the war-torn country.
Senior White House officials, briefing reporters on condition of anonymity, said Assad’s government carried out the April 4 sarin nerve gas attack on civilians in Syria’s Idlib provinc. Eighty-seven people, including many children were killed in the attack.
Russia has continued to defend the Syrian leader against allegations by the U.S that his forces carried out the attack, and blamed Syrian rebels instead.
Kremlin stated that there was no evidence for the allegations.
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