MOSCOW. Feb 15 (Interfax) - Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has visited Damascus, where he met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the defense ministry stated on Tuesday.
"At the behest of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian defense minister, Army General Sergei Shoigu, made a working trip to Damascus, where he was received by the president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad," the statement said.