US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will hold a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and UN envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi in Dublin today.
Mrs Clinton is among foreign ministers from over 50 countries in the capital as part of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's annual conference.
Russia, one of Syria's closest allies, is seen by many as key to quelling a 17-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad in which 20,000 people have been killed.
Meanwhile, Germany has approved sending German Patriot air defence missiles to Turkey to protect the NATO member against possible attacks from Syria.
It is a major step toward a possible Western military role in the Syrian conflict.
Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere told reporters that 400 soldiers would be sent to the border area under NATO command for one year, although the deployment could be shortened.
The decision must be endorsed by the German parliament, but approval is all but assured.
The Western alliance decided this week to approve sending the weapons to prevent cross-border attacks against Turkey after mortar rounds and shells from Syria killed five Turks.
The announcement also appeared to be a message to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime at a time when the US and other governments fear Syria may be readying its chemical weapons stockpiles for possible use.
Syria has denounced the NATO plan but German officials stressed that the missiles will only be used to defend Turkish territory and would not be a part of any "no fly zone" over Syrian territory.
Officials said the Patriots will be programmed so that they can intercept only Syrian weapons that cross into Turkish airspace.
They are not allowed to penetrate Syrian territory pre-emptively.
Syria's deputy foreign minister said he feared Western countries were voicing concerns over his country's possible use of chemical weapons to lay the ground for intervention, despite Damascus saying it would not use them.
Faisal al-Miqdad said media reports citing US and European intelligence officials as saying Syria was preparing its chemical weapons for possible use were "theatre" in an interview with the Lebanese news channel Al Manar.
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