A Foreign Office source said their virtual meeting was a “good positive call and we were glad we could make it happen”.
On Wednesday, Lord Cameron said his planned meeting with Mr Johnson, who controls business in the House, was not “fixed” before his trip, despite his announcement last Friday that the two would meet.
Mr Johnson has the power to bring Mr Biden’s Ukraine supplemental spending package before Congress, but is facing opposition from Republicans who argue the war is becoming too expensive.
The meeting was described as one of the Foreign Secretary’s most important opportunities to sway Republican opinion on Capitol Hill, but Mr Johnson’s team said he was not available on Tuesday or Wednesday for a meeting.
“I had a great meeting with speaker Johnson last time I was here and I didn’t have a meeting fixed for this visit,” Lord Cameron told MSNBC on Wednesday.
“Instead, I’ve been meeting and I will be meeting with party leaders in the House. I met former president Trump yesterday, I had some great meetings with secretary of state Blinken and a good call with your national security adviser, Jake Sullivan.”
Russia firing five times more shells
Mr Johnson has so far refused to bring a package to Congress that would authorise $60 billion (£48 billion) of military aid for Kyiv, as supplies run low.
On Tuesday, Gen Christopher Cavoli, commander of the US military’s European Command, told Congress that Russia was firing five shells for every Ukrainian munition because of shortages.
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