Syrian Army Chief of Staff Meets Russian Military Personnel at Hmeimim Airbase
Visit follows a memorandum signed by Moscow and Damascus to convert two Russian bases in Syria into joint military training centers.
The chief of the General Staff of the Syrian Arab Army met with Russian military personnel at the Hmeimim airbase in Latakia, Syria, according to a report by TASS, the Russian state news agency.
TASS did not provide further details of the meeting's agenda in the excerpt reviewed.
The visit comes after Russia and Syria signed a memorandum of understanding on August 9, under which two Russian military facilities in Syria — the Hmeimim airbase in Latakia and a naval logistics support facility in Tartus — are to be transformed into joint military training centers, TASS reported.
The Hmeimim airbase and the Tartus facility have served as key Russian military installations in Syria in recent years. The agreement to convert them into joint training centers marks a shift in how the two countries intend to use the sites going forward, according to the report.
TASS did not specify additional details regarding the timeline or scope of the planned conversion of the facilities under the memorandum.
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- Syrian Army General Staff chief meets with Russian military personnel at Hmeimim airbase — TASS (Russia)
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