Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federat : Press release on Russian-Chinese consultations on a Syrian settlement

On January 13, the Russian Foreign Ministry held extended Russian-Chinese consultations on Syria, with the director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Middle East and North Africa Department, Sergey Vershinin, and the Chinese Government's Special Envoy for Syria, Xie Xiaoyan, who is currently in Moscow on a working visit.

The sides discussed the current military and political situation in Syria, ways to enforce and consolidate the ceasefire, and a resumption of the negotiating process in order to move a Syrian crisis solution closer. The Chinese official was briefed in detail on Russia's efforts to organise an international meeting on a Syrian settlement in Astana.