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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks in Manila, where an ASEAN-related meeting is taking place.
As reported by TASS, the meeting lasted for more than 30 minutes. Before it began, journalists were allowed to film the protocol portion of the meeting, but no opportunity for questions was provided. Reporters nevertheless attempted to question Rubio, who did not respond.
The Russian delegation included Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko, Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department Aleksey Drobinin and the Russian president’s permanent representative to ASEAN Yevgeny Zagaynov. The U.S. delegation included Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker and U.S. presidential special envoy Sergio Gor.
Ahead of the meeting, both sides said the agenda would include bilateral issues as well as matters related to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Neither side had commented publicly on the talks immediately after the meeting. Rubio proceeded to the next bilateral meeting on his schedule.