May 11, 2010. From right: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch and All The East at his residence at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Cathedral in the old part of Damascus.11.05.2010#661461
May 11, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch and All The East at his residence at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Cathedral in the old part of Damascus.11.05.2010#661448
May 11, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch and All The East visiting the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Cathedral in the old part of Damascus.11.05.2010#661431
May 11, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch and All The East at his residence at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Cathedral in the old part of Damascus.11.05.2010#661429
May 11, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awarding Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch and All The East the Order of Friendship at the latter's residence at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Cathedral in the old part of Damascus.11.05.2010#661428
May 11, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch and All The East at his residence at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Cathedral in the old part of Damascus.11.05.2010#661398
May 11, 2010. From right: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch and All The East at his residence at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Cathedral in the old part of Damascus.11.05.2010#661397
May 11, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the joint conference after the Russian-Syrian talks.11.05.2010#660831
May 11, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the joint conference after the Russian-Syrian talks.11.05.2010#660830
May 11, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the joint conference after the Russian-Syrian talks.11.05.2010#660829
May 11, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the joint conference after the Russian-Syrian talks.11.05.2010#660828
May 11, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the joint conference after the Russian-Syrian talks.11.05.2010#660827
May 11, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (second right) and Syrian President Bashar Assad after a ceremony of signing joint documents following Russian-Syrian talks. Left - Russian Transportation Minister Igor Levitin.11.05.2010#660826
May 11, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the joint conference after the Russian-Syrian talks.11.05.2010#660825
May 11, 2010. Russia's Minister of Transport Igor Levitin, left, and Minister of Telecommunications and Mass Communications Igor Shchyogolev, right, before extended Russian-Syrian talks involving national delegations.11.05.2010#660745
May 11, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, foreground, during extended Russian-Syrian talks involving national delegations.11.05.2010#660740
May 11, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, foreground, during extended Russian-Syrian talks involving national delegations.11.05.2010#660739
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, center, meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Qasr al-Shaab (the People's Palace).11.05.2010#660720
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, photo, meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Qasr al-Shaab (the People's Palace).11.05.2010#660719
From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Qasr al-Shaab (the People's Palace).11.05.2010#660718
May 11, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, before meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Qasr al-Shaab (the People's Palace).11.05.2010#660717
May 11, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad before meeting at the Qasr al-Shaab (the People's Palace).11.05.2010#660716
May 11, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad before meeting at the Qasr al-Shaab (the People's Palace).11.05.2010#660715
May 11, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, photo, meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Qasr al-Shaab (the People's Palace).11.05.2010#660714
Foreground, from left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Qasr al-Shaab (the People's Palace).11.05.2010#660711
May 11, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, third left, meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, second right, at the Qasr al-Shaab (the People's Palace). Presidential Aide Sergei Prikhodko and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.11.05.2010#660710