Russian Foreign Ministry: the reaction of the White House to visit Assad is regrettable – BBC

22.10.2015, 07:22

The talks Russian President Vladimir Putin and the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad were aimed at a political settlement of the crisis in the SAR, doubt the White House on this matter is regrettable, said Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov, according to TASS .

According to him, “frank conversation Russian President legitimately elected head of the ATS is of paramount importance to find ways to the political denouement».

«We can only regret that in Washington with suspicion and hostility related to our efforts at the highest level in order to address the problems arising largely from short-sighted and largely misguided US policy in the Middle East, “- said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

The White House criticized the decision of the Russian authorities to provide “welcome reception” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Moscow.

Previous Dmitri Peskov said that Putin spoke with Assad for nearly three hours.

October 21 Peskov announced working visit Bashar al-Assad to Moscow. Information on the meeting between the presidents was given after the completion of the visit.