Moscow's position that the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should not be discussed at the moment has found understanding in Washington, the Daily Mail quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Friday.

"To a large extent, the current political process became possible because in the long run Moscow found understanding in Washington of our basic thesis that deciding the issue of the future of Syria's president should not be on the agenda at this stage," Ryabkov added.

Ryabkov was commenting on the results of US Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to Moscow on Thursday

Source: MENA