Russia’s Defense Ministry said on April 27 that General Valery Gerasimov, the head of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, spoke by telephone with NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Curtis Scaparrotti, about “relevant international security issues.”
RFE/RL: Russia says top general, NATO commander discuss Russian-NATO interactions
In this handout picture released by the Russian Defence Ministry on Dec. 12, 2018, the Russian army Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov meets with US General Curtis Scaparrotti, the commander of NATO forces in Europe, in Baku.
