Trump calls Putin to congratulate him on re-election

US President Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday to congratulate him on his re-election, the Kremlin says.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirms that Trump spoke with Putin Tuesday morning. She says a summary of the call will be released later.

The Kremlin says in a statement that the two presidents also spoke about the need to “coordinate efforts to limit the arms race,” and closer cooperation on strategic stability and counter-terrorism.

The statement says they expressed satisfaction with the apparent easing of tensions over North Korea’s weapons program.

Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, is quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying that the two leaders didn’t discuss the poisoning of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal in Britain. British officials have blamed the nerve agent attack on Skripal and his adult daughter on Russia. Russia has denied the accusations.

— AP