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Rubio, Lavrov discuss Ukraine, Syria, Iran on ASEAN sidelines

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (right) on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting at Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on July 10, 2025 [Mandel Ngan/PoolAFP]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have held rare face-to-face talks on the sidelines of an ASEAN meeting in Malaysia, discussing the war in Ukraine, as well as developments in Iran and Syria.

“A substantive and frank exchange of views took place on the settlement of the situation around Ukraine, the situation around Iran and Syria, as well as a number of other international issues,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement following the meeting on Thursday in Kuala Lumpur.

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