俄罗斯外长拉夫罗夫星期三说，俄罗斯政府对他所说的美国总统川普新政府的含糊不清和矛盾的想法有很多疑问。
拉夫罗夫在莫斯科与美国国务卿蒂勒森举行的会谈开始时做出上述表示，他还说，俄罗斯必须了解美国的意图。
拉夫罗夫还提到上周美国对叙利亚空军基地袭击，作为对叙利亚发生的化武袭击的反应。拉夫罗夫称美国的反应“令人不安”。
蒂勒森在开场时的讲话更为简短，但是和拉夫罗夫一样，他表示周三会谈在重要时刻进行，双方将就分歧和共同利益进行坦率讨论。
蒂勒森国务卿说，美俄两国之间的沟通 “将始终保持开放”。 他说，他希望了解为什么在一些地方存在尖锐的分歧，以及缩小这些分歧的前景。
七国集团外长星期二在意大利城市卢卡举行的会议没有能够在针对俄罗斯和叙利亚军方实施制裁方面达成一致。有些国家认为，首先应当进行调查，证实上周究竟是谁在叙利亚针对平民使用了化学武器。
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that his government has had a lot of questions about what he said were ambiguous and contradictory ideas coming from the new administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Lavrov spoke at the start of a meeting in Moscow with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, adding that it is important for Russia to understand U.S. intentions.
Lavrov also referenced last week’s U.S. strike on a Syrian airbase, which came in response to a chemical weapons attack, calling the U.S. response “troubling.”
Tillerson was more brief in his opening statement, but like Lavrov, he said that Wednesday’s talks were happening at an important time and would include a frank discussion of their differences and mutual interests.
The top U.S. diplomat said the lines of communication between the two countries “shall always remain open.” He said he wants to understand why certain areas of sharp differences exist and the prospects for narrowing those divides.
G7 ministers meeting Tuesday in the Italian city of Lucca failed to agree on targeted sanctions against the Russian and Syrian military, arguing that an investigation would first have to confirm who in Syria used chemical weapons against civilians in the country last week.