Obama will decide himself when to give Putin a call

"Barack Obama will call Vladimir Putin when it is necessary and if it is in the interest of the US," White House spokesman Josh Ernest said.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov appreciated a potential Obama-Putin meeting in New York at the UN General Assembly in the same way.

The Russian President's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, confirmed today that there were no arrangements for a meeting between the two presidents, Tass reports.