Lavrov and Pompeo discussed the situation with coronavirus

Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov held telephone talks with U.S. Secretary of state Mike Pompeo. The conversation took place on the initiative of the American side, noted on the website of the Russian authorities.

the Conversation took place after a conversation between the presidents of Russia and the USA on the same day. The foreign Ministers continued to exchange views on the world situation with a pandemic coronavirus.

They, in particular, confirmed their intention to support the implementation of the decisions of the summit of “Big twenty”, which took place on 26 March via videoconference.

the sides Also touched upon other topical issues of the international agenda, including the situation in the sphere of strategic stability and a settlement in Syria. In addition, Lavrov and Pompeo discussed “some issues of bilateral relations” countries.