MOSCOW. Dec 29 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a telephone conversation with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry informed about the ceasefire agreements reached between the Syrian government and the armed opposition and the transition to political settlement of the crisis.
"The ministers agreed to continue to maintain contacts on various aspects of the situation in the region of the Middle East and North Africa," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on its site.