U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin Discuss Arms Control And The Pandemic In A Phone Call On Thursday

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin (file photo)

RFE: Trump, Putin Discuss Arms Control, Coronavirus In First Call Since Afghan Bounty Claims

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said he spoke with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, about an arms agreement and fighting the coronavirus in their first call since explosive allegations emerged last month that Moscow had put bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.

Neither the White House nor Kremlin readouts of the July 23 call mentioned the Afghanistan bounties, which have not been confirmed.

The two leaders discussed the expiring New START nuclear agreement and combating the coronavirus pandemic, according to both readouts. Trump and Putin also discussed Iran's nuclear program, the Kremlin statement said.

The New START treaty, which expires in February, limits the number of U.S. and Russian deployed strategic nuclear warheads to 1,550 each.

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