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US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart have made a “significant start” in fixing their countries’ relationship, while agreeing to cooperate in fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group, the White House said following an hour-long phone call.

The two leaders’ first conversation since Trump’s inauguration covered topics ranging from cooperation in defeating ISIL “to efforts in working together to achieve more peace throughout the world including Syria,” the statement said.

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