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Moscow - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and presidential envoy for the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov met with Syrian Ambassador to Moscow Riad Haddad in Moscow on Friday. 

The two discussed “the situation in Syria and around it, particularly the outcomes of an August 30 UN Security Council meeting dealing with the humanitarian situation in this country. A common opinion was expressed that the unilateral economic sanctions imposed by a number of countries and regional associations are seriously complicating the lives of ordinary Syrian people,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Bogdanov emphasized that, “to end sufferings of the civilian population in Syria, it is necessary to immediately stop any violence, no matter where it is coming from, and start a political settlement process involving Syrians themselves, based on the international community’s consensus decisions, that is, the Action Group’s Geneva communique and the Kofi Annan plan,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.