MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. Issues of trade and economic cooperation were among the topics discussed by Russian President Vladimir Putin with his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall, the Kremlin press service said on Monday after their phone call.

"Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Senegalese President Macky Sall on the initiative of the Senegalese side," it said. "In furtherance of contacts, which took place on the sidelines of the second Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg, the sides discussed current issues of Russian-Senegalese cooperation, including prospect for the further development of trade-and-economic and investment ties."

The Russian and Senegalese leaders expressed "mutual commitment to the invigoration of joint efforts in this area," the Kremlin added.