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Talks between Lavrov, Rubio have concluded, lasting more than half hour

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MANILA /Philippines/, July 23. /TASS/. Talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Manila have concluded, the meeting lasting more than half an hour, or 37 minutes, a TASS correspondent reported. Lavrov and Rubio, together with their delegations, left the meeting room at 12:31 p.m. local time. During the conversation, the parties planned to focus particular attention on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. Lavrov noted on the previous day that Moscow proceeded from the assumption that Washington had not yet abandoned the proposals put forward in Alaska. According to a diplomatic source, the US side initiated the meeting.