The chief of the General Staff, the first deputy defense minister, army general Valery Gerasimov also participated in the negotiations.
Shoigu and Abdo discussed the implementation by the Kurdish side of the activities under the agreements between the presidents of Russia and Turkey, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which were reached on October 22 in Sochi.
The Minister informed Abdo of plans to expand patrol routes and increase the number of units of the Russian military police in the Syrian-Turkish border.
The head of the Ministry of Defense emphasized that residents of the settlements located 30 km from the Syrian border with Turkey do not have to leave their homes because the Russian military police and Syrian border guards will ensure their safety.
For his part, Mazlum Abdo thanked Russia and Vladimir Putin "for keeping the Kurdish people safe and for the steps that have been taken to end the hostilities."
“Currently, units of the Russian military police and regular Syrian troops are deployed in many areas. We give them all kinds of help and support, ”the Russian Defense Ministry quotes the commander in chief of the SDS.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense presented an infographic that reflects the main provisions of the memorandum of understanding between the Russian and Turkish sides in Syria.
On Tuesday, October 22, in Sochi, during a meeting of Russian and Turkish leaders, the presidents agreed to bring the Syrian military and Russian military police into the zone outside the Turkish Source of Peace operation on October 23 on the territory of Syria.