Syria, Iraq, Middle East will be key issues of Putin's negotiations in Egypt - Kremlin

MOSCOW. Feb 5 (Interfax) - The negotiations conducted by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Cairo will address coordination of Russian-Egyptian actions on the international scene and ways of improving the situation in the Middle East, the Kremlin said.

Putin will visit Egypt on February 8-10.

"The negotiations will address international issues, primarily the search for ways of improving the situation in the Middle East and North Africa - Iraq, Syria and Libya - and the Palestine-Israel settlement," Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov told reporters.