CAIRO. Feb 11 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes that the Moscow talks between the Syrian government and opposition representatives will be followed by another round of negotiations that will serve a peaceful resolution of the Syrian conflict.
"I have informed the president of what was achieved at the Moscow meeting between the Syrian opposition and representatives of (Bashar) al-Assad's government. We are hoping that there will be another round of such talks, which will eventually, I hope, lead to a peaceful resolution of the situation," Putin told a press conference held jointly with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
On January 26-29 Moscow hosted Russian-proposed consultations between Syrian government and opposition representatives. The opposition was represented by around 30 various Syrian opposition groups, except the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces.
The negotiators were able to agree upon a ten-point document titled "The Moscow Principles." The document stipulates, in particular, exchange of abductees, allowing food supplies into all parts of Syria, and ending bombing of civilian areas where Islamic State militants are supposedly holed up.
The plan also mentions the need to set up a commission to investigate human rights violations, and calls for sanctions against Syria to be lifted. The question of illegal arms spread in Syria was also raised during the consultations.
At the end of the meeting the Syrian government representatives expressed their intention to continue Moscow consultations with the view to hold a final meeting with the opposition in Damascus, the Syrian capital.
On January 28 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with the attendees of the intra-Syrian consultations, including with the Syrian official delegation led by Syria's ambassador to the United Nations, Bashar Jaafari, whom he reassured that, "the efforts to advance the national dialogue will continue."