Rubio meets Russian Foreign Minister on Thursday

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrow in Malaysia on Thursday. The background is tensions about arms deliveries to Ukraine and peace talks.

US-Außenminister Marco Rubio trifft am Donnerstag den russischen Außenminister Sergej Lawrow in Malaysia. Hintergrund sind Spannungen um Waffenlieferungen an die Ukraine und Friedensgespräche.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrow in Malaysia on Thursday. The background is tensions about arms deliveries to Ukraine and peace talks.

Rubio meets Russian Foreign Minister on Thursday

The Foreign Minister of the USA, Marco Rubio , plans to meet with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday. This happens only a few days after President Donald Trump his frustration over President Wladimir Putin expressed brought because he did not participate in peace talks with Ukraine, as a high -ranking official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

meeting in Malaysia

The meeting is to take place in Malaysia as part of a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

arms deliveries to Ukraine

Trump has emphasized several times this week that Ukraine needs defensive weapons. His statements came to Ukraine after a break during the arms deliveries, which was arranged by the Pentagon and caused confusion on the continued military support of the United States for Ukraine.

surprise about weapons lock

Defense Minister Pete Hegseth did not inform the White House before he agreed to suspend arms deliveries to Ukraine last week. Rubio also surprised this decision, such as cnn reported . Shortly after the gun lock, Trump explained that at least some of the arms deliveries would continue.

Russia attacks

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia started one of his biggest drone attacks on Ukraine with more than 700 drones after these statements.

second meeting between Rubio and Lavrov

It will be the second meeting of Rubios with his Russian colleague, the first took place in Saudi Arabia this year. The two have made several phone calls in the past few months, while the United States was pushing for an armistice between Ukraine and Russia, which never came about.

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