Syrian Ambassador to Moscow visits Russian Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW - Doğan News Agency

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks at a meeting with diplomats at the foreign ministry headquarters in Moscow, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. AP photo

Syria's Ambassador to Moscow, Riyad Haddad, visited the Russian Foreign Ministry earlier today. No further information was provided by either Moscow or Damascus regarding the visit.

Meanwhile, the press consultant for Russia's Ankara Embassy, Igor Mityakov, said they knew nothing about the Syrian airplane grounded in the Turkish capital Ankara yesterday.