U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed a series of issues over the phone on Tuesday... to prepare for the July 16th summit between the leaders of the two countries in Helsinki.
The State Department says.... they exchanged opinions on Syria, North Korea,... as well as the details of U.S. President Donald Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton visited Moscow last week.... to meet with Lavrov and Putin to prepare for the first official summit between Trump and Putin.