MOSCOW. – U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had phone conversation on Monday. US President expressed his deep condolences over the tragic accident of a motor ship upon Volga, which caused numerous victims, Kremlin press-service informs.

In course of the conversation the leaders discussed issues of bilateral coordination with aim of assistance to resolution of regional and international issues.  

As heads of state, co-chairing OSCE Minsk Group on Karabakh, Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama exchanged views on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

U.S. President highly appraised the efforts of his Russian colleague aimed at Karabakh conflict resolution, with particular stress on the recent meeting with Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders in Kazan. In this regard both sides expressed intention to continue the coordinated actions to facilitate the search of peaceful solution for all sides of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.