# Rubio and Lavrov discuss possible Putin-Trump meeting on APEC sidelines

https://mins.news/en/item/123903

- TASS, 2026-10-31 17:59 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2211403

> US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he briefly spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Atlanta about the possibility of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump interacting at next month’s APEC summit in China. The two did not hold a formal meeting, and Rubio said there were no firm commitments regarding the G20 summit.

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