Foreign Ministry: Lavrov at the ASEAN dinner talked to “everyone who did not hide”
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks in Cambodia “with everyone who did not hide”, transmits TASS with reference to a representative of the Russian delegation.
“There was contact with everyone who was not hiding. Sergey Viktorovich’s buttons are all intact. Lightning too,” the source said. Lavrov also attended the ASEAN Gala Dinner.
Earlier, a White House spokesman said that Blinken would seek contact with his Russian counterpart on the sidelines of the ASEAN ministerial meeting in Cambodia to discuss the prisoner exchange, specifying that “if he has the opportunity to catch Mr. Lavrov by the button, he will do it.”
US President Joe Biden said earlier that US authorities would do everything possible to return basketball player Brittney Griner, convicted of drug smuggling, and former Marine Paul Whelan to the United States. Last week, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken informed about Washington’s readiness to exchange Griner and Whelan for businessman Viktor Bout. In response, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that “a public exchange of positions will not lead to a result.”
On August 4-5, Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, hosts a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation-ASEAN format.
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