Russia's Lavrov, U.S. Pompeo discuss Syria, Koreas by phone - Russian ministry

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke by telephone on Monday and discussed Syria and problems of the Korean peninsula, the Russia's foreign ministry said.

They also spoke about the schedule of political contacts between Moscow and Washington in the nearest future and bilateral relations, the ministry said in a statement.

(Reporting by Katya Golubkova; Writing by Maria Tsvetkova; Editing by Catherine Evans)