MOSCOW. July 13 (Interfax) - Russia hopes the United States will work more actively both with the authorities and the opposition in Syria to settle the crisis in this country, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
At a meeting with U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov informed him of "the work being carried out by Russia both with Damascus and various groups of the Syrian opposition. A hope was expressed that the U.S. partners, too, will act in the same fashion," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.