MOSCOW- Valery Gerasimov, the head of Russia's military general staff, and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Curtis Scaparrotti will meet on Thursday in Azerbaijan to discuss Syria, the TASS news agency reported, citing the Russian defence ministry.

Gerasimov has arrived in Baku ahead of talks that are also expected to touch on NATO and Russian military activity in Europe, TASS said.

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin Editing by Gareth Jones) ((moscow.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com;))