MOSCOW. March 16 (Interfax) - Russian General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley have spoken over the phone, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"As a follow-up to the telephone talks between the Russian defense minister and the U.S. secretary of defense on March 15, 2023, a phone conversation took place between Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and Russian First Deputy Defense Minister Gen. of the Army Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley," the ministry said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said earlier that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had also held a phone call.