MOSCOW, November 24. /TASS/. Issues of the organization of a congress of the Syrian national dialogue were in focus of a meeting between Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and visiting United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said on Friday.

"We have just finished very constructive talks of the UN secretary general’s special envoy for Syria. We discussed issues of the organization of the Congress of the Syrian National Dialogue," he said. "The talks were held in a very friendly and constructive atmosphere."

"And the most important thing the sides agreed on is that it is necessary to swiftly establish political dialogue and organize the process of political settlement in Syria," Fomin stressed.