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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone call Thursday.
The call lasted nearly an hour and covered a wide range of topics, according to Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov.
According to him, ongoing peace talks to end the war in Ukraine, Syria, the recent exchange of airstrikes between Israel and Iran were discussed, The Moscow Times reported.
Ushakov said Putin also congratulated Trump ahead of U.S. Independence Day on July 4.
“Putin congratulated Trump on the occasion of the U.S. Independence Day and noted Russia’s role in the founding of the American state, including during the War of Independence... and then during the Civil War,” ” Yuri Ushakov detailed.