MOSCOW, September 1. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his US counterpart John Kerry discussed in a phone conversation on Thursday the situation in Syria and the prospects of bilateral cooperation, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said.

"The focus was on the situation in Syria, including the prospects of the Russian-US cooperation in the fight against the terrorist groups entrenched there," the ministry said, adding that the conversation was held at the initiative of the US side.