Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed with US Secretary of State John Kerry the Syrian crisis by phone on Friday, Sputnik news agency reported. 

In their conversation, Lavrov and Kerry placed an emphasis on the situation in east Aleppo, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"Following recent talks on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Lima, Lavrov and Kerry continued discussion of the Syrian peace process with the focus on the situation around eastern Aleppo," the ministry added.

Source: MENA