On July 3rd, local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he will have a phone call with US President Donald Trump on the same day.
On the same day, US President Donald Trump also stated that he would be making a phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin at 10 AM Eastern Time (22:00 Beijing Time).
Previous media reports had indicated that on the occasion of the United States’ Independence Day on July 4th, the two presidents would be in contact. (Reported by Wang Delu and Xu Tao for CCTV)