Russia expects all parties that could make a positive contribution to the settlement of the conflict in Syria to take part in the upcoming Geneva-2 international conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Russia expects all parties that could make a positive contribution to the settlement of the conflict in Syria to take part in the upcoming Geneva-2 international conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

 "We'll be doing all we can so that the conference helps arrange dialogue and to stop the senseless bloodshed," Putin added at a ceremony of accepting credentials from the ambassadors of a number of countries on Thursday.

"The international community's efforts to prepare the conference on Syria should be actively supported," he said.

"We expect all parties capable of making a positive contribution to the conflict settlement to take part in" the conference, he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Egypt’s leadership on a successful referendum over a new Constitution in the country. "We hope that Egyptian society will overcome current political and socio-economic difficulties and the country will return on the path of stability and growth," the Russian president said at a ceremony of presenting credentials by several ambassadors of foreign countries in the Kremlin on Thursday.