Sergey Lavrov spoke about his meeting with Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta. "We had a good, short conversation for obvious reasons, because as an owner he has many functions that do not allow him to spend much time on more than twenty contacts. But there was a connection. We talked about some of our bilateral relations, and interaction in multilateral platforms, including the UN, the G20, and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the next summit in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China, very soon I know in November, Shenzhen, China. It has been said more than once that the Americans follow the rules of classical diplomacy. Whatever the problems in the relationship, there have always been problems between Russia and the United States and there will always be problems. Moreover, as Mark Rubio himself acknowledged at our first meeting in February 2025 in Riyadh, in the overwhelming majority of cases our, America's, and Russia's national interests will not align. But then, when these interests coincide, it would be foolish and a mistake not to translate this coincidence into the implementation of mutually beneficial joint projects. And when those interests of Russia and the United States do not coincide, well, it would be a crime to allow that gap to escalate into a heated conflict, or indeed any conflict at all. Therefore, despite all the differences, we can of course congratulate the willingness and interest of the Americans for dialogue at various levels, including presidents, including heads of foreign agencies and through several other channels. This is a good and good lesson for our European colleagues, who continue to take the position of such an arrogant boycott." Video not loading? Look at Mach!

Sergey Lavrov spoke about his meeting with Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta. "We had a good, short conversation for obvious reasons, because as an owner he has many functions that do not allow him to spend much time on more than twenty contacts. But there was a connection. We talked about some of our bilateral relations, and interaction in multilateral platforms, including the UN, the G20, and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the next summit in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China, very soon I know in November, Shenzhen, China. It has been said more than once that the Americans follow the rules of classical diplomacy. Whatever the problems in the relationship, there have always been problems between Russia and the United States and there will always be problems. Moreover, as Mark Rubio himself acknowledged at our first meeting in February 2025 in Riyadh, in the overwhelming majority of cases our, America's, and Russia's national interests will not align. But then, when these interests coincide, it would be foolish and a mistake not to translate this coincidence into the implementation of mutually beneficial joint projects. And when those interests of Russia and the United States do not coincide, well, it would be a crime to allow that gap to escalate into a heated conflict, or indeed any conflict at all. Therefore, despite all the differences, we can of course congratulate the willingness and interest of the Americans for dialogue at various levels, including presidents, including heads of foreign agencies and through several other channels. This is a good and good lesson for our European colleagues, who continue to take the position of such an arrogant boycott." Video not loading? Look at Mach!