On July 10, 2025, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the ASEAN summit taking place in Malaysia. This information was confirmed by CNN sources.
This meeting will occur just a few days after U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticized Vladimir Putin for his refusal to engage in peace talks with Ukraine.
The U.S. State Department emphasized that this will be the second in-person meeting between Rubio and Lavrov, following their negotiations in Saudi Arabia earlier this year. Over the past few months, the diplomats have also communicated multiple times by phone, attempting to reach a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine, but without success.
The meeting could be tense, as Trump has publicly expressed his disappointment with Putin’s actions. On Tuesday, the American president accused the Russian leader of mass killings, stating that Moscow “does not treat people properly.”
“Moscow does not treat people properly.”
– Donald Trump
It is worth noting that following these statements, Russia carried out one of the largest drone attacks on Ukraine, launching over 700 unmanned aerial vehicles.