Defense Department officials today held a secure
video conference with officials from the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Pentagon
press secretary announced in a statement.
The talks, which lasted about 90 minutes, were
focused on promoting safe flight operations over Syria by Russian and other counter-Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant coalition aircraft, Cook said.
“The discussions were professional and focused
narrowly on the implementation of specific safety procedures,” he said. “Progress
was made during the talks, and the U.S. agreed to another discussion with
Russia in the near future.”