The possibility of a meeting between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan always exists in Russia, such a meeting would be useful and symbolic, Alexander Lavrentyev, the Russian president's special envoy for Syria, said on Wednesday, RIA Novosti reported.

"The possibility always exists. We have always advocated and even considered the possibility of organizing such a meeting before, but I repeat that the Turkish side believes that conditions are not yet ripe for this at the moment.

Nevertheless, we believe that such a meeting would be useful and symbolic, and we will work further in this direction," he said at a press conference, answering a journalist's question whether there is a possibility of a meeting between the presidents of Turkey and Syria in Russia.