Manila, July 23 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks on Thursday on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Manila, as Washington and Moscow sought to manage deep divisions over the Ukraine war while facing growing tensions in the Middle East.
The meeting took place as conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East continue to intensify, including escalating friction between the United States and Iran, adding further pressure to an already fragile global security landscape.
Rubio and Lavrov discussed the future of US-Russia relations and the need to find a path toward ending the Russia-Ukraine war, though neither official responded to reporters' questions on whether Russia was assisting Iran in...