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Moscow, Syrian High Negotiations Committee go down to-do list on Syria

Following the Syrian High Negotiations Committee's visit to Russia, Syrian opposition groups are faced with a choice: wait until Washington upholds its position on the country's settlement or hop on the bandwagon with Moscow.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov leaves after a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia October 23, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - RC1B0FF4A640
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov leaves after a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with US national security adviser John Bolton at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 23, 2018. — REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with the Syrian High Negotiations Committee (HNC) delegation, headed by its chairman Nasr al-Hariri, in Moscow Oct. 26. 

“During the conversation the parties had a frank exchange of opinions on the situation unfolding in Syria and around it, stressing the need for prompt political settlement of the Syrian crisis,” the ministry stated.

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