Tense meeting followed by US warning of wider war

Sep 23

Marco Rubio and Sergei Lavrov met in New York on the UN sidelines. Tagesschau shows camera crews being asked to leave and describes a tense atmosphere. It reports subsequent U.S. concern that Russia's war against Ukraine could spread to other countries. The item reports no agreement or concrete diplomatic breakthrough.

Marco Rubio and Sergei Lavrov met in New York on the UN sidelines. Tagesschau shows camera crews being asked to leave and describes a tense atmosphere. It reports subsequent U.S. concern that Russia's war against Ukraine could spread to other countries. The item reports no agreement or concrete diplomatic breakthrough. Vremya's fuller account places the meeting at the Lotte New York Palace, describes a brief press opportunity and nearly an hour of closed talks, and says the State Department named Ukraine and bilateral relations as the subjects. It reports no Russian comment on the outcome. Rubio says Washington is open to a further Putin–Trump meeting and has invited Putin to December's G20; acceptance and a bilateral appointment are not confirmed.