The head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff called his conversation with Gerasimov important

He told reporters at the Pentagon about this.

According to Milli, he called Gerasimov on May 19. 

“I will not share the content and details of this conversation.

But it was <…> important, useful and significant," TASS quoted him as saying.

On May 19, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the head of the Russian General Staff and the chairman of the Committee of Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces had held talks.