Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry noted the need for military coordination between their countries to help ensure a truce in Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
The two politicians held a phone talk earlier in the day, discussing humanitarian aid issues and the planned cessation of hostilities in Syria, "with the exception of fighting terrorist groups," the ministry said in a statement, Sputnik reported.
"It was confirmed that the establishment of mechanisms to reach set goals requires military coordination," the statement reads.
Lavrov and Kerry also noted progress when it comes to delivering humanitarian aid to besieged areas in Syria.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted during a phone talk with US Secretary of State John Kerry the importance of not allowing Turkey to violate Syria's territorial integrity.
"Lavrov also noted that provocative Turkish acts that violate the Syrian Arab Republic's territorial integrity are inadmissible," the ministry said in a statement.