3 Sep 2012 21:00

Russian, Syrian diplomats discuss prospects for political settlement in Syria

MOSCOW. Sept 3 (Interfax) - The Russian president's special representative for the Middle East, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, met with Syrian ambassador to Russia Ryad Haddad in Moscow on Monday, the Russia Foreign Ministry reports on its website.

"The sides exchanged opinions on prospects for a political settlement in Syria through a broad national dialogue in line with the Kofi Annan plan and clauses of the Action Group's Geneva communique," the report says.