During a one-hour conversation, the German chancellor called on Russia's president to immediately halt military action in Ukraine, APA reports citing DW.
According to Berlin, Putin said a third round of cease-fire talks is due this weekend.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree cease-fire.
In an hour-long phone call, Scholz "called on the Russian leadership to immediately cease all hostilities and to allow humanitarian access to the embattled areas," German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said in a statement.