Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) welcomes Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad during a meeting in Moscow, on May 22, 2013.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the Syrian government’s response to proposed peace talks is constructive.
Å“We value the constructive reaction of the Syrian leadership to this proposal,” Lavrov said on Wednesday in a meeting with Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad in Moscow.
For his part, Mekdad said that Damascus will soon decide on whether to take part in the upcoming international peace conference due to be held in Geneva in June.
Å“We are still discussing this question. A final decision will be taken after our return to Damascus,” Mekdad stated.
UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said on Tuesday that the Syrian government and the opposition are preparing to take part in the peace conference.
Brahimi said both the Damascus government and the opposition will take part in the talks in a bid to help resolve the conflict in Syria.
The first Geneva talks, which were presided over by former mediator Kofi Annan last June, called for a political process to end the crisis in Syria.
The crisis in Syria began in March 2011, and many people, including large numbers of Syrian soldiers and security personnel, have been killed in the violence.
The Syrian government says the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the militants are foreign nationals.
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This article originally appeared on : Press TV