04 February 2012 - 17H07  

Russian FM to visit Syria 'to seek political solution'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pose for photographers during the 48th Munich Security Conference in southern Germany. A visit by Lavrov to Damascus on Tuesday for talks with President Bashar al-Assad is aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis in Syria, Lavrov's deputy said Saturday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pose for photographers during the 48th Munich Security Conference in southern Germany. A visit by Lavrov to Damascus on Tuesday for talks with President Bashar al-Assad is aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis in Syria, Lavrov's deputy said Saturday.

AFP - A visit by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Damascus Tuesday for talks with President Bashar al-Assad is aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis in Syria, Lavrov's deputy said Saturday.

"The visit by minister Lavrov and the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service (Mikhail) Fradkov to Damascus confirms the firm intention of obtaining a political solution to the conflict," Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov wrote on Twitter.

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