MOSCOW, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Monday evening, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said.
"President Trump called President Putin to discuss a number of critically important topics related to current developments in the international situation," Ushakov told the media following the phone conversation.
He said the conversation focused on the Iran conflict and the trilateral negotiations on a Ukraine settlement.
He described the conversation as "businesslike, frank and constructive."
Trump reiterated his interest in seeing the Ukraine conflict end quickly with a ceasefire to achieve a long-term settlement, Ushakov said.
The two presidents have not spoken by phone for a long time and agreed to communicate with each other on a regular basis, he added. ■
