Putin and Roukhani discussed the situation after the West's attack on Syria

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MOSCOW, April 15 (Itar-Tass) - RIA Novosti. Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Syria by phone with Iranian President Hassan Roukhani after a missile strike by the United States and its allies, the Kremlin's press service said.

The leaders noted that this step caused "serious damage to the prospects for a political settlement in Syria." Putin stressed that if such actions, committed in violation of the UN Charter, continue, it will inevitably lead to chaos in international relations.

The presidents also discussed the general state of affairs in the Middle East region, including the situation in Yemen.

The parties noted the need for further development of multifaceted Russian-Iranian cooperation and expansion of mutually beneficial ties in the trade and economic sphere.

The act of aggression against Syria

On Saturday night, the United States, Britain and France fired over a hundred missiles in Syria, three people were injured. In Washington, this step was explained by an answer to the "hemataka" in the city of the Duma. Most of the missiles of the Syrian air defense were able to shoot down.

At the same time, there is no evidence of Damascus using prohibited substances. The US and its allies attacked before the OPCW was investigated. Specialists of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties (CPAP) last week visited the site of the alleged incident and found no traces of chemical weapons.

Vladimir Putin called the incident "an act of aggression against a sovereign state, which is at the forefront of the fight against terrorism."

Link: https://ria.ru/syria/20180415/1518691398.html