The meeting of foreign ministers of Russia and countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (CCASG) will be held on March 7. It will discuss the situation in Syria. The head of Russian FM Sergey Lavrov made the proposal to hold such meeting in mid-February, Izvestia reports.

The Foreign Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah announced about the meeting during his speech in Parliament on March 1.