MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian lower house speaker Sergei Naryshkin will meet with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on November 25, during an official visit by the Damascus diplomat to the Russian capital, a parliamentary source said Tuesday.
"A meeting between State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin and Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem is slated for Wednesday," a source in the lower house told RIA Novosti.
Last week, Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riad Haddad told Sputnik that Muallem plans to head a high-level delegation to Russia on November 25.
According to Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, Muallem will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during his Moscow visit.
