MOSCOW, (ST)_ Special Representative of the Russian President for the Middle East and African countries, and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov discussed in Moscow yesterday head of the EU delegation in Russia Vegaodas Ouchetskas ways of resolving the crisis in Syria.
” Middle Eastern issues, especially settling the situation in Syria was at the center of discussions” between Bogdanov and Ouchetskas, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“The two sides exchanged views on current issues in the Middle East, focusing on the political settlement of issues pertinent to the conflict in Syria , and the Russian initiative to convene an advisory contacts among the Syrians by the end of this January in Moscow to prepare for a comprehensive dialogue between the Syrian government and opposition on the ground of Geneva statement issued in 2012, “, the statement added.
Earlier on Wednesday, Bogdanov discussed in Moscow with head of the political section at the British foreign office Simon Gess means to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria and the fight against terrorism posed by Daesh terrorist organization.
Bogdanov repeatedly stressed the Russian positions towards resolving the crisis in Syria politically adding that ” priorities of the Russian initiative are based on Russia’s firm stand to that the solution in Syria is political and through inter- Syrian dialogue at the will of the Syrians on the ground of the state legitimacy and term of reference.
T. Fateh