WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the White House said Tuesday.
The statement said Syria, Iran, North Korea and Ukraine were on the agenda.
Trump and Putin spoke informally several times when they attended the Apec summit in Vietnam. They agreed on a number of principles for the future of war-torn Syria.
Trump’s phone call with the Russian president on Tuesday comes a day after Putin met with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Putin hosted Assad at a Black Sea resort ahead of a summit later this week with Russia, Turkey and Iran.
The Kremlin said Tuesday that Assad was called to Russia to get him to agree to potential peace initiatives drafted by Russia, Iran and Turkey.