The heads of the Russian and US general staffs will meet in Helsinki on Friday.

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Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Commander-in-Chief of the Army Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the US General Staff, General Joseph Dunford, will hold a meeting in Helsinki on Friday.

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Mr. Valery Gerasimov

"The Defense Forces announced that the top military leadership of the United States and Russia will hold a meeting in Helsinki this Friday. The American and Russian delegations are headed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Joseph Dunford, the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Commander-in-Chief of the Army Valery Gerasimov," - the statement said.

In addition, each of them will hold separate meetings with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Commander of the Finnish Defense Forces Yarmo Lindberg, the report said.