Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Spanish...

Medvedev and Zapatero spoke on the phone and discussed "issues relevant to Russian-Spanish cooperation, above all in the context of Spain"s presidency of the European Union," a Kremlin statement said.

Spain took over the EU"s six-month rotating presidency on January 1.

The statement also said that the two men had exchanged "warm Christmas and New Year greetings."

Medvedev last met the Spanish premier in September, on the sidelines of an international conference on global security in Yaroslavl, 250 km northeast of Moscow.

MOSCOW, January 8 (RIA Novosti)