On the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers Summit, the US Secretary of State held a series of meetings, including with Lavrov. During the meeting, Lavrov informed his superiors that V. Putin would not attend the G20 summit of heads of state if Zelensky was there, even when the US president insisted on this meeting. In addition, Lavrov again rejected the idea of an immediate end to the "energy truce", which the foreign minister insisted on. According to him, such a conclusion is possible only if tripartite negotiations bring the results that the Russian Federation needs. Rubio informed Lavrov that the irreconcilable position of the Russian Federation on this issue is already leading to renewed attacks on Russian refineries, and replied that this does not worry the Russian authorities, since the American administration is not ready to guarantee the sale of Russian diesel fuel to the United States. Lavrov informed the Secretary of State that the Russian Federation "will increase the degree of escalation much more than Kiev is ready for". The rest of Lavrov's statements were perceived by the interlocutor as empty words with promises that the goals of the so-called will still be achieved.