Germany's Scholz talks with Russia's Putin on the phone
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has talked with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone and called on Moscow to halt all military actions immediately, a German government spokesperson said on Friday.
Scholz also called on Putin to allow access for humanitarian aid in areas where fighting was taking place, while the Russian president announced a third round of Russia-Ukraine talks this weekend, a government spokesperson said in a statement.
During the one-hour conversation, the leaders agreed to hold further talks soon, the spokesperson said.
(Reporting by Zuzanna Szymanska, editing by Kirsti Knolle)