Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan in Moscow on July 17 to discuss the Syria crisis, the Kremlin press office reported on Sunday, RIA Novosti reports.
“In the course of the forthcoming visit, Russia intends to reaffirm its support for the peace plan proposed by Kofi Annan to settle the crisis in Syria by political and diplomatic means,” the press office said in a statement.
“Russia proceeds from the fact that this plan is the sole viable platform to solve internal Syrian problems,” the statement said.
Annan will arrive in Russia for a two-day visit on July 16-17.
