1 Mar 2016 13:15

De Mistura to inform Lavrov of intra-Syrian talks prospects - Bogdanov

GENEVA. March 1 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, will meet on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the 31st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

"A meeting with Staffan de Mistura will take place today. He will tell the minister [Lavrov] about his plans," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, who is also the Russian president's special envoy for the Middle East and African countries, told reporters after being asked about Moscow's expectations from the upcoming round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva.

It was reported earlier that the intra-Syrian talks were expected to resume on March 7.