Last week's US-led airstrikes in Syria over a suspected chemical attack - did not cross any red lines - but they did violate international law. Those words are from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. He made the comments while meeting with the UN's Syria peace envoy in Moscow. CGTN's Jack Parrock reports.

JACK PARROCK MOSCOW "Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov saying that international law had been broken but that red lines had not been crossed, no military Russian installations in Syria were targeted or hit by the airstrikes conducted by the US, the UK and France. He was here meeting with Staffan De Mistura here in Moscow, the UN's special envoy to Syria, have a look at what they have said."

SERGEY LAVROV RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER "On April 14th, the three countries are mentioned, the US, France and the UK, bomb not only the imaginary chemical weapon facilities in Syria, they also bomb the talks in Geneva."

STAFFAN DE MISTURA UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SYRIA "It is important we turn the page on this alleged chemical attack we call it, we need to go back to the basics. The basic is lower pressure, political process, and trying to avoid that Syria becomes an international area of playground of tensions."

JACK PARROCK MOSCOW "Now whether the story is at the moment that the OPCW - the international chemical investigation organ says that. Now interestingly as well in this circumstances, we heard that Russian President Putin may be willing to meet US President Donald Trump at the time just off US sanctions imposed on Russia and the airstrikes. And now we are looking forward potentially to a meeting of two leaders, even the relationships of the two countries are proving to be very difficult at the moment. Jack Parrock, CGTN, Moscow."