Syria’s President Assad has agreed to talks with the opposition and will follow the Arab League’s roadmap, increasing the number of observers in the country, including the most hostile areas in Syria.
This follows talks with the Russian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who arrived in Damascus on Tuesday.
As RT’s Egor Piskunov reports from the top meeting, Moscow will coordinate talks between Assad’s government and the opposition. Russia will also go on working with various Syrian political groups in order to prevent further civilian deaths, Lavrov said. The minister called on other countries to urge the opposition to engage in talks...
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