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Trump, Tillerson Warn US-Russia Relations ‘At a Low Point’ after Tense Moscow Visit

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US relations with Russia "may be at an all-time low", Donald Trump warned, as he moved even further away from his campaign promise to establish better ties with Moscow.

"Right now we're not getting along with Russia at all," the US President said, following talks on Syria in the Russian capital between the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his counterpart Sergey Lavrov.

Tillerson earlier spoke in similar terms to Trump with a warning that trust between Moscow and Washington plunged to a "low level" amid rising tensions over the war in Syria.

America's top diplomat said the world's "two foremost nuclear powers cannot have this kind of relationship" during a tense joint news conference with the Russian foreign minister.

Lavrov warned of attempts by unnamed groups to sabotage ties with the US and said he and Tillerson had covered a whole host of issues including Syria, Ukraine, and allegations of Russia's interference in the 2016 US presidential election.

Speaking in Washington, Trump said he thought the discussions had been "very successful".

Tillerson also met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for nearly two hours on Wednesday.

Ahead of the off-camera meeting, Putin noted in an interview that "one could say that the level of trust on a working level, especially on the military level, has not improved, but rather has deteriorated".

Tensions flared recently when the US, after warning Russian forces in the area, launched nearly 60 missiles into Syria in response to a suspected sarin gas attack by President Bashar al-Assad on civilians in Idlib province.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team