According to the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, the office has confirmed that the United States offered to hold a meeting on Syria this week. The format and the date of the meeting are being fixed.
"We are a to hold a meeting on Russia’s initiative, dedicated to the Syrian settlement. The format, venue and exact date is being specified at the moment. We have always been ready to hold such a meeting and we wanted contacts among specialized agencies in order to solve relevant issues,’’ RIA Novosti reports.