The Russian House in Damascus will resume its activities after a delegation of Rossotrudnichestvo, Russia’s agency for international humanitarian cooperation, visited Syria, an agency official told TASS. In Damascus, the agency representatives held talks at the Syrian Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, as well as the Culture Ministry. "Also, representatives of the Syrian Foreign Ministry visited the Russian House, where a joint working meeting was held to outline the possibilities and promising areas of activity of the RCSC. Rossotrudnichestvo has confirmed its readiness to raise the Russian government’s quota for studying at Russian universities for Syrian students," the Rossotrudnichestvo official added. The Russian House also hosted a meeting of delegates with Russian compatriots living in Syria.