Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has held talks with the UN-Arab League Special Envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, on the third day of his visit to the country.
The Wednesday meeting was aimed at making the preparations for the upcoming Syria peace talks in the Swiss city of Geneva.
The planned talks, known as the Geneva 2 conference, was proposed by Russia and the US on May 7. The date of the long-delayed event has changed many times as Syria's foreign-backed opposition coalition remains divided over participating in the meeting.