“The warlords exchanged assessments on the development of the situation in Syria. The importance of continuing cooperation in matters of incident prevention was emphasized, ”the message of the Russian Ministry of Defense says.

The ministry noted that “the parties discussed issues of strategic stability and regional security,” including issues of missile defense, START and INF Treaty.

“The meeting was of a constructive nature,” they stressed there.

Earlier it became known that the meeting of the heads of the Russian and US General Staffs will be held on March 4 in Vienna.

January 5, Valery Gerasimov discussed with Dunford during telephone conversations the situation in Syria and the fight against terrorism.