US state secretary has phone call with Russian foreign minister

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have had a phone call. The officials discussed the outcomes of negotiations in Saudi Arabia, the prospects for normalizing diplomatic relations, and the situation regarding U.S. military operations against the Houthis in Yemen, the U.S. Department of State said.

Rubio informed Lavrov about U.S. military actions against the Houthis and noted that ongoing attacks on U.S. military and commercial vessels in the Red Sea would not be tolerated.