President of Syria Bashar al-Assad received here Thursday a written message from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, on bilateral relations between both friendly countries and the developments in the region, SANA reported.
The message was conveyed by Alexander Sultanov, the Envoy of the Russian President to the Middle East.
Talks during the meeting dealt with the ongoing developments in the Arab arena, especially in Egypt and Tunisia and the impacts of these developments and changes on the Arab region and the world, and the reasons leading to such domestic and foreign developments.
The talks also touched upon means of bolstering bilateral relations and the importance of the Syrian-Russian coordination about different issues.
The meeting was attended by Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, the Presidential Political and Media Advisor Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban, Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Fayssal al-Mikdad, Assistant Foreign Minister Abdul Fattah Amoura, Director of Europe Department at the Foreign Ministry, as well as by the Russian Ambassador to Damascus and the delegation accompanying Sultanov.
In May 2010, Presidents al-Assad and Medvedev discussed in Damascus means of enhancing the Syrian-Russian relations and the situation in the Middle East and the world.
During their meeting, the two Presidents stressed the importance of the Syrian-Russian dialogue regarding the region and the world.
Syria and Russia signed two agreements on cooperation in air services and information and communications technologies, in addition to other two agreements on technical and scientific cooperation in environment field.
The two countries also inked the joint work program for executing the tourism cooperation agreement for the years 2010-2012.
In August 2008, Presidents al-Assad and Medvedev held talks in Moscow on boosting bilateral relations and the two countries' role towards the international issues.