The US and Russia agree to resume military dialogue at the highest level five years after suspending it

The United States and Russia agreed this Thursday to resume military dialogue at the highest level, more than four years after suspending it amid high tensions a few months before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, unleashed in February 2022.

“Maintaining dialogue between Armed Forces is an important factor for global stability and peace, which can only be achieved through force, and provides a means for greater transparency and de-escalation,” reported a note from the European Command of the US Army on the agreement reached between Washington and Moscow on the margins of trilateral contacts between Ukraine, Russia and the United States in the United Arab Emirates for a peace agreement.

Precisely this command, led by General Alexus G. Grynkewich, NATO Supreme Allied Commander, will lead the talks. This channel “will offer constant military-to-military contact as the parties continue to work toward a lasting peace,” the US Army added.

In fact, the US forces insist that within the framework of its authority in NATO, Grynkewich has a duty to maintain military dialogue with the head of the Russian Armed Forces, General Valeri Gerasimov, “to avoid miscalculations and provide a means to avoid unintended escalation by either party.”