Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met on Wednesday, one day after President Donald Trump called Moscow a "paper tiger" and said Ukraine could win back its seized land, APA reports citing ABC News.
Rubio and Lavrov sat with their delegations on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz was also present.
The meeting lasted roughly 50 minutes. Lavrov didn't respond to questions as he left, including whether he was concerned about the shift in tone from Trump or whether the U.S. president had turned his back on Russia.
A spokesperson for Rubio released a short statement after the meeting, only saying that Rubio "reiterated President Trump’s call for the killing to stop and the need for Moscow to take meaningful steps toward a durable resolution of the Russia-Ukraine war."
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is holding a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the high-level week of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, APA reports citing TASS.
The meeting began without opening remarks for the press and is continuing behind closed doors.
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