Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry agreed in a phone call on Thursday to meet on January 20 in Zurich, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, Sputnik reported.
Moreover, Russian and US top diplomats discussed the settlement of Syrian and Ukrainian crises during the phone call.
"In accordance with directives by the Russian and US presidents, who discussed urgent global issues in a phone call yesterday, the top diplomats continued the discussion of Syrian crisis settlement as well as the conflict in Ukraine," the ministry said in a statement.
"Lavrov and Kerry agreed to meet on January 20 in Zurich," the statement said.