Russian officials have announced that they will host Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem in the coming days for talks on the situation in the Arab country.
“Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem's visit to Moscow and his talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are expected on October 28,” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Monday.
The visit is the first by a Syrian official to Moscow since the West intensified its rhetoric earlier this month about the role of Russia in the deteriorating situation in northern Syria, where the government, backed by Moscow, is trying to retake a key part of the city of Aleppo from militants, PressTV writes.
