Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met Germany’s foreign minister on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, their first such meeting in 4.5 years.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met Germany’s foreign minister on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, their first such meeting in 4.5 years. Their previous meeting took place in January 2022, just weeks before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the initiative for the latest meeting came from Germany.