Russia hopes for Trump new approach to Syria crisis: agencies

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia hopes that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's new administration will take a new approach to resolving the Syrian crisis, Russian news agencies cited a Russian deputy foreign minister as saying on Thursday.

Mikhail Bogdanov also said that Russia has started contacting Trump's team in relation to Syria.

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Catherine Evans)

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