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The Foreign Secretary cited Russia’s support of the Assad regime in the wake of an alleged chemical attack on their own people as the reason for cancelling a visit to Moscow scheduled for April 10.

He was due to visit Russia on Monday for talks with counterpart Sergey Lavrov, which would have been the first visit by a UK foreign secretary in more than five years.

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