Kremlin Says It Would Welcome Rubio-Lavrov Contacts at ASEAN Event
The meeting will focus on Ukraine peace efforts and other bilateral issues as Moscow and Washington keep diplomatic channels open.
- On Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in the Philippines to discuss Ukraine peace negotiations and bilateral issues.
- Lavrov plans to press Rubio on whether U.S. officials maintain proposals from last year's Alaska summit and question President Donald Trump's claim that a peace agreement is "closer than people realize."
- Rubio confirmed the sit-down, noting that while the war in Ukraine has impeded cooperation between Russia and the United States, he intends to discuss "other stuff," hinting nuclear arms control could be among the topics.
- According to Bloomberg reports, the Kremlin has abandoned the idea of a "territorial swap" with Kyiv, planning instead to retain occupied parts of the Sumy and Kharkiv regions as a buffer zone.
- Reports suggest Russian leadership aims to seize the entire Donbas by the end of 2026, though some Defense Ministry sources consider that timeline unrealistic, suggesting operations could extend into 2027.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said today in Manila that he will discuss the war in Ukraine with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov tomorrow, Thursday, in the capital of the Philippines, where both are attending the ministerial meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this week.
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov wants to meet his US colleague Rubio this week.
The head of Russian diplomacy assures that the United States keeps on the table the proposals put forward at the Alaska summit, while the peace negotiations remain stalled.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that he will meet with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Manila on Thursday. Rubio, meanwhile, discussed possibilities for cooperation between the US and China with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi today.
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