Putin and Trump hold phone call, Russian presidential aide says

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held a telephone conversation, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said.

“Russia’s president congratulated Trump and the entire American people on US Independence Day,” Ushakov said.

The conversation lasted one hour and 25 minutes. The two leaders last spoke on June 14, which coincided with the US president’s birthday.

By Jeyhun Aghazada