Lavrov, Rubio Await Meeting at ASEAN Forum

2025-07-10 08:33:43

(MENAFN) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio are set to meet during the ASEAN forum in Malaysia on Thursday, as confirmed by the US State Department.

Although Lavrov and Rubio have held several phone conversations since US President Donald Trump's return to the White House in January, they have only met face-to-face once, in Saudi Arabia in February.

This meeting was part of their ongoing efforts to improve relations between the two nations.

According to the public schedule on the State Department's website, the two diplomats are scheduled to meet in Kuala Lumpur while attending the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum.

The meeting is expected to take place at 6 p.m. local time (10 a.m. GMT), as indicated by the State Department.

"I can confirm that a meeting is in the works," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in a statement to a news agency on Thursday.

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