Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said that his country supports the efforts made by the Syrian Arab Republic to ensure a safe, voluntary and dignified return of Syrian citizens to their permanent places of residence in areas liberated from the terrorist threat.

In a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday, Vershinin has briefed the Syrian Ambassador in Moscow Riyad Haddad in detail on the ongoing preparations for the 10th international meeting on Syria in Sochi.

The two sides also discussed prospects for resolving the crisis in Syria on the basis of the UN Security Council Resolution No.2254, focusing on the importance of kick-starting the work of the constitutional committee in Geneva according to the results of the Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi.