Published: 10:40, October 21, 2025 | Updated: 10:55, October 21, 2025
Russian, US top diplomats discuss implementing Putin-Trump understandings
By Xinhua

In this file photo dated Aug 15, 2025, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio before a news conference with President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (PHOTO/AP)

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday.

As a brief statement published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted, the two sides held a "constructive discussion" on possible specific steps to implement the understandings reached during the Oct. 16 telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump.

The ministry did not release more information about the call.