#Russian Army Chief Headed to #Turkey for #Syria Meeting

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Russia’s top army official is set to discuss the Syrian conflict Thursday with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara.

General Valery Gerasimov will meet Turkey’s Hulusi Akar to "discuss the current situation and the prospects of resolution of the Syrian crisis" as well as bilateral military cooperation, the Russian defense ministry said.

Gerasimov’s visit had been expected in late August after Erdogan went to Moscow, but was then postponed.

Ankara has welcomed the fragile last-ditch Russia-US truce plan agreed last week, which went into effect Tuesday and is supposed to halt fighting across areas not held by extremists.

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