German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul met the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergey Lavrov, in New York on Saturday, 26 September. The talks took place on the sidelines of the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly. ta3.com ↗
According to the DPA news agency, the bilateral meeting lasted about 20 minutes. The German side requested it. It was the first separate meeting between the foreign ministers of Germany and Russia since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, or rather, the first after several years without similar direct contact. Deutschlandfunk ↗
Wadephul and Lavrov met while representatives of many countries are taking part in talks at the UN headquarters in New York. The meeting between the German and Russian ministers was one of the bilateral contacts held alongside the main programme of the General Assembly. Die Zeit ↗
Based on the available information, no details are known about the content of the conversation or about any specific conclusions. The German and Russian foreign ministries have not yet published any information on whether the ministers agreed to continue the talks.
The meeting itself marks a resumption of direct contact between Berlin and Moscow at the level of foreign ministers. Further developments will depend on whether the meeting is followed by new diplomatic talks and whether both sides publish more detailed information about how it went. Spiegel.de ↗
Wadephul Meets Lavrov in New York
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Nemecký šéf diplomacie sa po rokoch stretol s Lavrovom. O schôdzku s ruským náprotivkom mal žiadať Berlín
ta3.com
| 17:19 26.09.
Šéf nemeckej diplomacie sa v New Yorku stretol so Sergejom Lavrovom
aktuality.sk
| 17:10 26.09.
Šéf nemeckej diplomacie sa v New Yorku stretol s Lavrovom
hnonline.sk
| 17:04 26.09.
Krieg in der Ukraine: Johann Wadephul trifft Sergej Lawrow zu Gesprächen
Spiegel.de
| 17:13 26.09.
Nemecký minister zahraničných vecí Johann Wadephul sa na zasadnutí Valného zhromaždenia OSN stretol so šéfom ruskej diplomacie Sergejom Lavrovom.
STVR (Minúta po minúte)
| 16:57 26.09.
Berlin / Brandenburg: Wadephul trifft Lawrow in New York zu Gesprächen
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| 16:41 26.09.
Am Rande der UNO-Generaldebatte - Wadephul trifft Lawrow zu bilateralem Gespräch in New York
Deutschlandfunk
| 17:39 26.09.
Wadephul traf Lawrow in New York
ORF
| 17:10 26.09.
UN-Generaldebatte: Außenminister Wadephul trifft russischen Amtskollegen Sergej Lawrow
Die Zeit
| 16:51 26.09.
Wadephul und Lawrow treffen sich in New York zu Gesprächen
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| 16:51 26.09.
Erstes bilaterales Treffen seit Jahren: Wadephul trifft Lawrow in New York zu Gesprächen
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