Russia to host Syria talks in April

Moscow - Moscow said on Thursday it would host talks between representatives of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and opposition figures in April, three months after a meeting between the parties which ended without any concrete results.

"Representatives from a larger section of the Syrian opposition," are expected to take part in the talks, said Alexander Lukashevich, spokesperson for the foreign ministry.

Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told news agency RIA Novosti that members of the exiled opposition Syrian National Coalition, which did not take part in the first round of talks in January, were "considering coming to Moscow" for the meeting.