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Chief of Turkish General Staff due in Russia

Türkiye Materials 21 November 2017 11:17 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 21

By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:

Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces Hulusi Akar is on a visit to Russia, said the Turkish General Staff in a message Nov. 21.

Akar will have a meeting with his Russian counterpart Valery Gerasimov.

Turkey, Russia and Iran will discuss the Syrian crisis during a meeting of the three countries’ presidents in Sochi on Nov. 22, 2017.

Erdogan on Nov. 13 visited Sochi and during a meeting there with Russian president discussed the situation in Syria.

Syria has been suffering from an armed conflict since March 2011, which, according to the UN, has claimed more than 500,000 lives.

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