Rubio prepares for talks with Lavrov: meeting could take place this week
Марко Рубіо
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio may hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov this week.
As Reuters reports , citing an anonymous source, there is a high probability that the meeting will take place as early as Thursday, October 23.
According to the agency, last week, on October 16, US President Donald Trump announced his intention to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Budapest. At the same time, he said that Rubio and Lavrov would be responsible for preparing the upcoming summit.
In addition, according to the source, during Friday’s talks between the US and Ukrainian delegations (which were also attended by President Volodymyr Zelensky), the American side confirmed that the meeting between Rubio and Lavrov is scheduled for Thursday.
It is worth noting that US President Donald Trump recently met with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. After that, Trump suggested that the Kremlin stop fighting along the current demarcation line. However, Putin’s representatives later clearly hinted that Moscow rejects this proposal .
At the same time, rumors appeared in the media that during a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Donald Trump demanded that Russia cede the entire territory of Donbas. However, the American leader soon stated that this information was false . Trump explained that during the conversation they only discussed the need to stop the fighting.
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