The Russian Foreign Minister held a telephone conversation with the U.S. Secretary of State to discuss the implementation of the consensus reached between the leaders of the two countries.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Calls U.S. Secretary of State Rubio

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and both sides discussed specific measures to implement the consensus reached between President Putin and President Trump earlier.

The message stated: "Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov held a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Rubio, and both sides had a constructive discussion on specific steps to implement the consensus reached during the telephone conversation between Russian President Putin and U.S. President Trump on October 16."

On October 16, Russian President Putin and U.S. President Trump held their eighth telephone conversation of the year. After this two-and-a-half-hour call, Kremlin spokesperson Ushakov said that Moscow and Washington would immediately start preparing for a new meeting between the leaders of the two countries, which may be held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Ushakov pointed out that the U.S. proposed that Hungary host this meeting, and the Russian president supported this proposal.

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