Thursday, April 19, 2018

Russian, NATO Generals Meet In Baku, Azerbaijan

The chief of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, General Valery Gerasimov, meets with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku.

VOA/Reuters: Russian, NATO Generals Hold Rare Face-to-Face Meeting

MOSCOW / BRUSSELS — The head of Russia's military general staff and NATO's supreme allied commander held a rare face-to-face meeting Thursday to try to ease the worst East-West tensions since the Cold War.

U.S. Army General Curtis Scaparrotti and Valery Gerasimov met in Baku, Azerbaijan, less than a week after the United States, Britain and France staged missile strikes on Syria in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack by the forces of President Bashar al-Assad, a close ally of Russia.

In separate statements, NATO and the Russian defense ministry said the participants discussed military exercises and troop movements. Each side has accused the other of risky deployments in the Baltic states and Eastern Europe.

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Update: Top Russian, NATO Generals Discuss Syria, Europe In Baku (RFE)

WNU Editor: Duh!!! .... Military expert: Baku meeting of Russian, NATO generals aimed at preventing ‘threat of a third world war’ (APA).

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