The Pentagon says the United States and Russia will renew talks to avoid accidents in Syrian air space as the two countries are conducting separate bombing campaigns in Syria, Press TV reported.
"The Department of Defense has received a formal response from the Russian ministry of defense regarding DoD's proposal to ensure safe air operations over Syria," Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said Friday.
"Department leaders are reviewing the Russian response and talks are likely to take place as soon as this weekend," Cook added.
The talks will be about basic safety measures, including the language air crews can use in communication and how much space aircraft should leave each other.
US and Russian defense officials have already met and discussed procedures to avoid mishaps between aircraft from the US-led coalition and Russian warplanes over Syria.
However, a senior Pentagon official said Wednesday that the US military had rerouted two of its fighter jets over Syria to maintain a safe distance from a Russian fighter jet in the area.
The two planes were F-16s that took off from a Turkish airfield on Wednesday and were on their way to a Daesh (ISIL) stronghold in the northeastern Syrian city of Raqqa, CNN reported, citing the Pentagon official.
Russia launched its military campaign against the Daesh Takfiri terrorists on September 30 at the request of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday Russian planes had struck the headquarters of the so-called Liwa al-Haqq militant group in Syria, killing 200 militants, including two Daesh field commanders.
In addition, the Russian attacks in the Aleppo region, northwestern Syria, had killed a further 100 militants.
Russian warships also began to launch missiles into Syria from the Caspian Sea on Wednesday, firing 26 cruise missiles against 11 militant targets.