Serious work is afoot to build peace and prosperity.
Preparation work is underway for the upcoming summit between US President Donald J. Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
Today (20), a high-level phone call was held between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The Russian side characterized the call as ‘constructive’, and from US officials the same cautious optimism was expressed.
Reuters reported:
“Putin and Trump agreed in a phone call last Thursday to meet soon in Budapest, Hungary for their second summit this year, and the two sides said Lavrov and Rubio would speak to prepare the meeting.
‘A constructive discussion took place regarding possible concrete steps to implement the understandings reached during the October 16 telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump’, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a brief statement.”
The State Department press-release (attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott):
“Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke today with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss next steps following the October 16 call between President Trump and President Putin. The Secretary emphasized the importance of upcoming engagements as an opportunity for Moscow and Washington to collaborate on advancing a durable resolution of the Russia-Ukraine war, in line with President Trump’s vision.”
❗️ Sergey Lavrov spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio — the two discussed ‘possible concrete steps’ following Putin’s recent call with Trump
Moscow calls the exchange ‘constructive’ — a word not used lightly
A cautious thaw before future meetings? pic.twitter.com/BYF7JgrRVN
— RT (@RT_com) October 20, 2025
The Russian Embassy in USA on X:
“On October 20, 2025 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The parties engaged in a constructive discussion focusing on possible specific steps to implement the understandings reached during President Vladimir Putin’s October 16, 2025 telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump.”
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