Moscow said on Tuesday it will host talks between the Syrian government and the opposition, possibly next week.

Moscow said on Tuesday it will host talks between the Syrian government and the opposition, possibly next week.

Next week, we will invite opposition representatives to a consultation in Moscow," Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov as saying.

"The meeting ... will possibly be with the participation of government representatives," Bogdanov said. He did not say which opposition members could attend.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura in Moscow on Wednesday to discuss attempts to start a dialogue between Damascus and the Syrian opposition, Moscow's foreign ministry said.

Under the request of Damascus, Russia launched a bombing campaign against positions of Takfiri insurgents fighting the Syrian government.

At international peace talks in Vienna last week, Moscow said it wanted Syrian opposition groups to participate in future discussions on Syria.