Obama, Medvedev in "constructive" arms deal phone call

MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev had a "constructive" telephone call Wednesday in which they discussed signing a landmark nuclear arms deal "in the near future," the Kremlin said.

"The heads of state in detail and objectively discussed topical issues pertaining to Russian-U.S. relations, including approaching signing in the near future of a new treaty on strategic arms reduction," the Kremlin said on official site kremlin.ru.

It added the telephone call was conducted in a "constructive" spirit and that the United States had initiated the conversation.

(Reporting by Amie Ferris-Rotman; Editing by Matthew Jones)