24 May 2014 12:11

Russian Deputy PM Rogozin meeting with Assad

MOSCOW. May 24 (Interfax) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin is meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during his visit to Syria.

"Finishing negotiations in Damascus. Then meetings with Syrian premier and Defense Ministry leadership. Finishing meeting with President Assad," Rogozin said on Twitter on Saturday.

The twit contains a photo in which Rogozin and Assad shake hands.

The deputy prime minister did not say anything about the subject of the talks.