The head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, Valery Gerasimov, held a telephone conversation with the chairman of the United Committee of the chiefs of staff of the US Armed Forces Charles Brown. This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Thursday, December 5.
The telephone conversation took place on the initiative of the Russian side on November 27.
“During the conversation, the American side was notified of the exercises in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea Groups of Navy forces and the Aerospace Forces of Russia with the implementation of practical firing and the launches of high-precision missiles,” the Russian department said.
This information was brought to prevent possible incidents, in connection with the location of the Russian exercise of the US and NATO ships, ”the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation noted.