UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura talks during a news conference in Rome, Italy February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United Nations special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said on Thursday he plans to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for further talks in Munich, RIA news agency reported.

De Mistura is in Moscow to discuss the Syria crisis with Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.