Valery Gerasimov, the chief of Russia's military General Staff, and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Curtis Scaparrotti have met in Azerbaijan to discuss Syria, Russian news agencies report, citing the Russian Defense Ministry.
Gerasimov arrived in Baku ahead of the April 19 meeting that was also expected to discuss NATO and Russian military activity in Europe.
The two discussed issues related to NATO's and Russia's military activities in Europe, confidence-building measures and incident prevention, the ministry was quoted as saying.
The meeting was the first between Gerasimov and Scaparrotti since 2013.
The ministry said that while in Baku, Gerasimov was also received by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
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Update #1: Top Russian, NATO military officials to discuss Syria (TASS)
Update #2: Top Russian, NATO generals choose Baku for talks on preventing military incidents (Euractiv)
WNU Editor: Syria, Ukraine, jets buzzing the military forces on the other side. I suspect that these talks are going to list some boundaries on what will be permissible, and what will not.
