Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Monday that Russia was in contact with Syria's new Islamist-led administration at both a diplomatic and military level.
Russia granted former president Bashar Assad and his family asylum this month after rebels took control of Damascus following a lightning and largely unopposed advance.
Moscow has said previously it is in talks about the fate of a naval facility it operates at the port of Tartus and about the Khmeimim air base it operates in Latakia province.