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Rubio and Lavrov Exchange Fresh Ukraine Peace Ideas at ASEAN Meeting

The Kuala Lumpur meeting underscores U.S. efforts to introduce fresh Ukraine peace ideas in response to Russia’s surging drone assaults.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends an interview after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, , U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/File Photo
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Overview

  • U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Kuala Lumpur for their second face-to-face talks on Ukraine peace.
  • Rubio said they exchanged new proposals for negotiating an end to the conflict and that he will bring these concepts back to President Trump.
  • Their meeting followed Russia’s unprecedented drone assault of 728 unmanned aerial vehicles that challenged Ukraine’s air defenses.
  • On his first Asia tour as secretary of state, Rubio reaffirmed that Washington will not abandon East and Southeast Asia despite competing global priorities.
  • President Trump’s warnings of 20–50 percent tariffs on more than 20 ASEAN members have cast a shadow over U.S. diplomatic engagement in the region.