Lavrov and Rubio meet on sidelines of UN General Assembly

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to Russian state media.

During the meeting, Lavrov pointed to the need to mend relations between Moscow and Washington, which have remained strained amid the ongoing war in Ukraine and broader geopolitical tensions between the two countries.

The meeting took place during a week when the General Assembly session has drawn numerous high-level diplomatic engagements, with officials from multiple countries using the gathering to hold bilateral talks alongside the formal proceedings.

Details of the specific topics discussed beyond the general call to improve bilateral ties were not fully disclosed. The meeting comes as the Trump administration has pursued more direct engagement with Russian officials on several fronts, including discussions around the war in Ukraine and broader strategic issues.

Neither side announced concrete agreements following the meeting, though the encounter is likely to be viewed as part of a broader pattern of continued high-level contact between the two governments this year.