Reuters. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday (August 23) met with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad for talks in Moscow.
The ministry said earlier that the delegations will have a detailed exchange of views on topical issues of the international and regional agenda.
In opening comments ahead of main talks, Lavrov thanked Syria for its recognition of Luhansk and Donetsk.
Syria and North Korea are the only UN member states to have recognised the self-proclaimed people's republics in Eastern Ukraine, along with Russia.
Lavrov said Syria and Russia represented a group that "consistently stood up for international law... for the establishment of justice in international relations, for the principle of equal, indivisible security for everyone."
Mekdad said Moscow's sending troops into Ukraine - which Russia calls a "special military operation" - was a "just, necessary war", and said he hoped Russian forces would "complete the tasks" assigned by Russian President Vladimir Putin in the coming days and weeks.
