Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will meet on Wednesday in Moscow.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) � Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and UN Special Envoy for�Syria Staffan de Mistura will meet on�Wednesday in�Moscow to�discuss the political process in�Syria, according to�Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

"There will be meeting tomorrow in�Moscow between�Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and de Mistura. The main topic will be the political process in�Syria and the launch of�actual dialogue between�Damascus and the Syrian opposition," Zakharova said Tuesday.

Syria has been in�a civil war since�2011. Syrian government forces are fighting against�opposition factions and extremist groups.

Last week, Lavrov and de Mistura met in�Vienna during�the two-day talks on�Syrian regulation.

Participants of�the talks, including officials from�China, Iran, the European Union, and the United States, elucidated a 9-point communique on�the Syrian crisis.

According to�the communique, representatives of�the Syrian government and opposition factions will meet under�UN auspices to�discuss "credible, inclusive, non-sectarian governance," as�well as�fair elections and a new constitution. The document also states that the political process in�Syria will be led by�the people of�the country, and they alone must decide its future.

By Sputnik News