"On November 27 of this year, a phone conversation took place between Russian Chief of General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov and US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Brown at the initiative of the Russian side," the ministry said.
The US was informed about military exercises in Eastern Mediterranean that involved life fire drills and launches of precision missiles, the ministry added.
"This information has been shared in order to prevent possible incidents due to the presence of US and NATO ships in the vicinity of the area of the Russian exercise," the statement read.