MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov discussed interim results of the eighth round of the intra-Syrian consultations under the United Nations auspices in Geneva with Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riad Haddad, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported on Saturday.
"During the conversation, the parties had an open exchange of opinions on the development of the situation in Syria and around it, including interim results of the eighth round of the intra-Syrian consultations in Geneva under the UN auspices," the ministry said.
The diplomats addressed certain relevant aspects of bilateral multifaceted cooperation between Moscow and Damascus.