Chiefs of US and Russian General Staffs Joseph Dunford and Valery Gerasimov on Saturday, May 6, discussed the memorandum on safety in Syria and expressed their readiness to resume it, Deutsche Welle reports..

The Pentagon was informed that Dunford and Gerasimov "talked about the agreement reached recently in Astana and reaffirmed their commitment to deconflictification of operations". Heads of the General Staff have come to terms with maintaining regular contacts in order to avoid conflict situations in the future.

The press service of the Russian Defense Ministry, in turn, announced its readiness to work "on additional measures to prevent conflict situations" during operations against terrorist groups "Islamic State" and "Djebhaat an-Nusra". The heads of the General Staff also touched upon the issue of creating zones for the de-escalation of the conflict.

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported refusal to cooperate with the US in Syria and stopping the work of the special communication channel between the military departments of the two countries. The Pentagon, in turn, denied the termination of the work of the special communication channel.

Recall, on April 7, from US military ships, 59 missiles were fired at the airbase of Syrian government troops in Homs province. Rocket strike is a response to a chemical attack in the Syrian province of Idlib.

World leaders have supported the actions of the United States, they were condemned only by Russia, Iran and North Korea.

Read about the political consequences of the American action in Syria in the article by Alexei Koval "Trump breaks with the doctrine of non-interference" in the weekly "Mirror of the Week. Ukraine".