US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a meeting with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

“Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State @marcorubio hold a meeting on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly,” the Russian foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

The annual General Debate of the UNGA is currently underway, with the second day featuring prominent world leaders addressing the assembly.

Wednesday’s slate of speakers included Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian, Argentina’s Javier Milei and Syria’s interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Notably, Al-Sharaa’s speech marked the first time

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