YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. On the initiative of the Turkish side, on March 22, a telephone conversation was held between the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergey Shoigu and the Turkish Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar, ARMENPRESS reports, MoD Russia informed.

"During the negotiations, the parties discussed the results of the implementation of the Black Sea initiative, the Syrian and Nagorno Karabakh settlement issues, as well as other areas of cooperation of mutual interest," the ministry noted.