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Rubio, Lavrov Discuss Ukraine War, Iran in Call Requested by Moscow
The State Department said the two discussed US-Russia relations, the Russia-Ukraine war, and Iran, while Moscow described the Tuesday call as “constructive and businesslike.” Make us preferred on Goo
The State Department said the two discussed US-Russia relations, the Russia-Ukraine war, and Iran, while Moscow described the Tuesday call as “constructive and businesslike.”
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington, DC, on August 14, 2025.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on May 10, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON and Pavel Bednyakov / various sources / AFP)
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke by phone with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday at Moscow’s request, according to official readouts.
The State Department said the two discussed “the US-Russia relationship, the Russia-Ukraine war, and Iran.”
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Lavrov and Rubio “touched base” on the current international situation, US-Russia relations and the schedule of future bilateral contacts.
Moscow described the conversation as “constructive and businesslike.”
No further details were immediately provided.
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