The top diplomats discussed international affairs and upcoming contacts, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a “constructive” phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow has said.

The top diplomats compared notes on “the current state of international affairs and Russia-US relations” and discussed the schedule of upcoming bilateral contacts, the ministry said in a statement.

The conversation was “constructive and businesslike,” it added.

The US State Department has not yet commented.

The Lavrov-Rubio call – their first in more than six months – came less than a week after Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with his US counterpart Donald Trump.…