MOSCOW, January 28./TASS/. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu met on Thursday with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staffs of the Jordanian Armed Forces, Marshal Muhammad Al-Zaben, who is on a brief visit to Moscow, the Defense Ministry reported.

The sides "discussed Russian-Jordanian military cooperation," it said, adding that they also "exchanged opinions on topical issues of security in the Middle East."