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.

Rubio speaks to Lavrov ahead of meeting of East Asia foreign ministers in Malaysia

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.