MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov and representative of the UK Defense Ministry Peter Watkins held talks.
“Peter Watkins confirmed the intention of the British side to keep the ‘rules’ of the Russian-US Memorandum of Mutual Understanding on preventing incidents and providing security for aviation during the operations in the Syrian airspace,” the statement said.
The statement added that Watkins also expressed condolences over the downing of the Russian Su-24 attack aircraft downed on November 24 and the deaths of the Russian servicemen in Syria.
