This is stated in a message published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
It is noted that the parties discussed preparations for the upcoming 12th meeting of the Permanent Russian-Syrian Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation in Moscow on December 23-25.
Also, "an in-depth exchange of views took place regarding the development of the situation in Syria and the Middle East region as a whole."
Earlier, the Russian Navy and the Syrian Navy successfully completed the first joint exercises in the Mediterranean.