# Russian, German foreign ministers meet for first time since 2022

https://mins.news/en/item/76499

- CGTN, 2026-09-26 14:31 UTC
- World
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-09-26/news-1QLcFmoQ9A4/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul held a brief meeting at UN Headquarters in New York, their first such encounter since Russia’s special military operation began in 2022. Lavrov said Germany requested it at the last minute and that Wadephul merely repeated Berlin’s official position, with nothing new emerging.

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