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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a meeting with Japan's Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoonjoo on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur Friday, July 11, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)

Rubio to meet China’s foreign minister in Malaysia as US-Chinese tensions mount

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is wrapping his up his second and final day at a Southeast Asian security conference with a high-stakes meeting with his Chinese counterpart as tensions grow over issues from trade to security and China’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
 
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio takes part in a media briefing during the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting and related meetings at the Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on July 10, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefly spoke to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov at the start of a meeting of East Asia foreign ministers in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. The short conversation came a day after the two met at the ASEAN conference in the Malaysian capital, where they discussed potential new avenues to jumpstart Ukraine peace talks.
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