Moscow                                                                                                                                                                                                18 Jan. 2018                                                                                                                                                                                  (Anadolu News)

Sergey Shoygu, Russian Defense Minister, Gen. Hulusi Akar, Turkish Chief of General Staff,  and Hakan Fidan,  Head of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT), discussed the situation in the Middle East in a meeting in Moscow on Thursday.

According to a Defense Ministry statement, the meeting was held in “a constructive manner” as Shoygu, Akar and Fidan discussed matters of common interest.

Earlier on Thursday, the Turkish military had said in a statement that Akar and Fidan would meet Russian Gen. Valery Gerasimo to discuss Syria, including the Astana and Geneva peace initiatives, as well as regional security issues.