Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Belarus' counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Sochi on September 14, 2020. (PHOTO / AFP)

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko held a telephone conversation on Wednesday, reaffirming their commitment to further strengthening the allied relations between Russia and Belarus, according to the Kremlin.

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"Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening Russian-Belarusian allied relations," said the Kremlin in a statement.

"The cooperation in the fight against the spread of coronavirus infection was highly assessed," it said, adding that they noted the great importance of the agreement on the supply of Russian vaccines to Belarus.

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The two leaders also discussed the ongoing efforts to reach a settlement to the conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the statement said.