
Russian Armed Forces General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS
Russian Armed Forces General Staff Chief Gen. Valery Gerasimov will visit Turkey on August 26. He will meet his Turkish counterpart Gen. Hulusi Akar in Ankara, the Anadolu news agency reported on August 25.
“According to available data, General Gerasimov will tomorrow (August 26) visit, jointly with the delegation, the Turkish Armed Forces General Staff at 11:00 and hold talks with General Akar,” the statement said.
The report does not provide further details about the expected meeting. There are no official comments on the report from the Turkish and Russian defense ministers.