Tillerson, speaking frankly during a press conference in Moscow alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, said he told Putin that U.S.-Russia relations have hit a “low point.” He stressed the need to improve ties. The world’s two foremost nuclear powers cannot have this kind of relationship,” Tillerson said. Washington blames Russia's ally Assad for that attack, while Moscow says Syrian rebels are responsible. Russia's alleged meddling in the U.S. presidential election also hovered over the first face-to-face encounter between Putin and a Trump administration Cabinet member. Tillerson, the first Trump Cabinet official to visit Russia, traveled to Moscow just days after the Trump administration launched missile strikes on the airbase in Syria.

Source: Fox News April 12, 2017 15:38 UTC