Russia says Lavrov and Rubio held ‘constructive’ pre-summit call

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov | Photo Credit: AFP

Russia said its Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, tasked with preparing a acme betwixt Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, held a "constructive" speech connected Monday.

Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump agreed successful a telephone telephone past Thursday (October 16, 2025) to conscionable soon successful Budapest, Hungary for their 2nd acme this year, and the 2 sides said Mr. Lavrov and Mr. Rubio would talk to hole the meeting.

"A constructive treatment took spot regarding imaginable factual steps to instrumentality the understandings reached during the October 16 telephone speech betwixt Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump," the Russian Foreign Ministry said successful a little statement.

It gave nary further item connected the conversation.

Russia says it wants the acme to sermon a imaginable bid colony successful Ukraine and ways to amended bilateral relations betwixt Moscow and Washington.

Published - October 20, 2025 08:28 p.m. IST

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