Russia's Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump both voiced concern over the scale of the novel coronavirus outbreak and informed each other about the measures their country took to stem the infection, the Kremlin said in an online statement.

"The heads of state expressed serious concern about the scale of the coronavirus spread in the world and informed each other about the measures taken in Russia and the United States to counter this threat. The possibilities of closer cooperation between the two countries in this area were discussed," it said.

In addition, Putin and Trump exchanged views on the current state of the global oil market, agreeing to hold bilateral consultations on the issue, it added.

Following the phone call, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also spoke on the phone, Anadolu News Agency reported.

Lavrov and Pompeo exchanged views on the situation in the world caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Russia's Foreign Ministry said.

They vowed to contribute to the implementation of the decisions taken at the March 26 virtual G20 summit on a global response against the pandemic and addressed international issues including Syrian conflict and bilateral relations.

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