Russia's Bogdanov meets a Syrian opposition delegation

MOSCOW, Sept 26 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov has received a delegation from the Syrian opposition’s Hmeimim group headed by Ilian Maasad, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

The parties exchanged views on a wide range of issues of the Syrian settlement and discussed the prospects of promoting the political process in Syria based on UN Security Council Resolution 2254 in the form of a broad inter-Syrian dialogue.

The Russian side called for consolidating the Syrian opposition as a responsible partner in the negotiations without preconditions with the delegation of the Syrian Government in Geneva under the aegis of the United Nations.