Lavrov and Rubio to discuss Ukraine and US-Russia ties in New York

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio are expected to meet in New York on September 23 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, with Ukraine settlement as the central topic. The talks will also cover bilateral relations and the international agenda. Russian diplomats suggest focusing on UN cooperation, noting that Moscow and Washington, as permanent Security Council members, have significant but largely unrealized potential for collaboration. Contacts between the two countries' permanent missions to the UN are already underway. Russian diplomats say the ministerial-level meeting could give additional momentum to this dialogue, as the two nations have long struggled to find common ground on sensitive UN agenda items.