MOSCOW: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he will meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Manila on Thursday for talks set to focus on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
“The meeting will be useful in any case. It’s good to ask questions and get answers,” Lavrov told reporters on Wednesday.
He said the meeting would take place on Thursday morning on the sidelines of an ASEAN gathering of Southeast Asian foreign ministers in the Philippine capital.
Moscow has condemned Washington’s fresh strikes on its key ally Iran.
US-led talks on ending the war in Ukraine have stalled, with its attention turning to the Middle East and as Russia sticks to its hard-line demands for Ukraine to cede territory.
