Moscow. June 20. INTERFAX-Russia and the United States can follow the path of constructive cooperation, said the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov.
"We felt a constructive attitude. I think both our countries will follow this path, " Gerasimov said about the talks between the Russian and US presidents in Geneva in an interview with the host of the Moscow program. The Kremlin. Putin" to Pavel Zarubin (TV channel "Russia-1", VGTRK).
Gerasimov took part in the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden in Geneva on June 16.
On June 17, commenting on the results of the summit, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that, as Putin and Biden stated, despite the difficulties in relations between Moscow and Washington, the military of the two countries manages to maintain a dialogue on Syria.
"On Syria, it is a statement that, despite a very difficult period in our bilateral relations, our military still managed to maintain a dialogue there," Peskov said on Ekho Moskvy radio.
According to him, this is an important dialogue from the point of view of conflict prevention. "It needs to be maintained further in the interests of just ordinary security, that is, from the point of view of the fact that the military of the two countries are in one place. Other nuances were discussed, " Peskov said at the time.
In September 2019, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that contact has been established between the Russian Federation and the United States through the general staffs. "We also have contacts with the US military at the level of the General Staff. Also, these contacts are generally quite constructive, " Shoigu said at the time.
On March 31 and January 11 of this year, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on telephone conversations between Gerasimov and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, Mark Milley. "They discussed issues of mutual interest in security and maintaining stability in various regions of the world," the Russian Defense Ministry said on January 11.
