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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in U.S. for G20 talks against sanctions amid mounting global tensions
Lavrov is expected to use the meeting to oppose sanctions as U.S. officials focus on supply chains, energy security and global economic shocks.
On Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Atlanta to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting hosted by United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Global security and economic prosperity are "inextricably linked," the State Department stated, as G20 members represent 85 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product.
Throughout the ministerial, the United States will work with G20 partners on supply chains and energy security, while Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova termed current conditions "destructive trends."
These high-level deliberations will set the stage for President Donald Trump's upcoming G20 Leaders' Summit scheduled for December at his Doral resort in Miami.
Following the Atlanta meetings, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar will travel to St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, to lead the Indian delegation at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting from 1st to 4th of November.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, has arrived in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, to participate in the Council of Heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Group of Twenty, and is the correspondent of Interfax.