Syrian Army delegation to meet Russian officials in Abu Dhabi next week

A Free Syrian Army delegation has agreed to meet Russian foreign and defense ministry officials in Abu Dhabi late next week to discuss the Syrian crisis, Sputnik news agency cited a coordinator of the talks as saying on Thursday.

In late October, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) denied its delegations had visited Moscow amid heightened diplomacy on Syria.

According to the coordinator, Mahmoud al-Afandi, 28 FSA brigades in the suburbs of Damascus, Quneitra, Hama and the western suburb of Homs, as well as from the northern front and from the suburbs of Aleppo and Idlib, had agreed to meet Russian officials.

Russia has recently stepped up its efforts to broker a peace deal between Syrian government officials and members of the country's splintered opposition.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Tuesday the Kremlin would invite representatives of both sides to meet in Moscow
next week.

Source: MENA