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Chief of Staff of Russia and the United States met in Finland

In Finland, the meeting ended with the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (KNSH) US Armed Forces General Joseph Dunford. Negotiations Chiefs of Staff held in the estate owned by the Finnish government Kenigstedt in Vantaa, Located near Helsinki.

Начальники Генштабов России и США провели встречу в Финляндии

As reported by TASS with reference to its own correspondent, a meeting, which began in 10-00 local time (It coincides with Moscow), It lasted six hours and now tuples delegations had already left the manor. The Finnish authorities did not comment on this meeting.

According to previously voiced information, Chiefs Russia and the US, They were to discuss the situation in Syria and Europe, not excluding issues in Ukraine. This was previously said the official spokesman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colonel Patrick Ryder. Russian Defense Ministry also confirmed, that the main theme of the meeting Gerasimov and Dunford was to discuss the regions with the crisis. What in fact it was conducted behind closed doors for six hours, we can only speculate and wait for an official explanation from the Russian Defense Ministry.

This is not the first meeting of representatives of law enforcement agencies. Earlier, representatives of the Ministry of Defense of Russia and the United States have already met. In February 2017 year Gerasimov and Dunford met in the capital of Azerbaijan – Baku, which also discussed measures, aimed at avoiding unwanted conflicts.

Some Western media have suggested, that these negotiations Chiefs of Staff held on the eve of a possible meeting between the Russian and US Presidents – Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

by the way, As reported by broadcaster CNN, US authorities believe Gerasimova key contact person “for the transmission of messages from the US military in the upper echelons of the Russian government”.

                          
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