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Rubio and Lavrov discuss possible Trump-Putin talks at APEC in China; US sees growing interest in Black Sea truce

Photo: U.S. Department of State, public domain (file image: Rubio and Lavrov in Kuala Lumpur, July 2025) / Source: Wikimedia Commons

NEW World · 06:37

Rubio and Lavrov discuss possible Trump-Putin talks at APEC in China; US sees growing interest in Black Sea truce

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he briefly discussed with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov the possibility of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin talking at the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, on 18-19 November. Speaking at the G20 meeting in Atlanta, Rubio also said international interest is growing in a limited ceasefire in the Black Sea to protect grain and energy shipments, but he remains sceptical about a negotiated peace.

Source: US State Department; AFP; Reuters; Agerpres; Digi24; G4Media

US cancels G20 'family photo' in Atlanta after Europeans, UK and Australia refuse to pose with Lavrov

Photo: Press service of the Russian State Duma, CC BY 4.0, cropped (file image: Sergei Lavrov, 19 February 2025) / Source: Wikimedia Commons

NEW Politics · 06:38

US cancels G20 'family photo' in Atlanta after Europeans, UK and Australia refuse to pose with Lavrov

The traditional group photo opening the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta was cancelled on Friday after about a third of the delegations, including EU countries, the UK and Australia, said they would not appear next to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the host, called off the photo but opened the talks with an appeal for unity.

Source: The Guardian; BBC; Reuters; Al Jazeera