Sergei Lavrov and Marco Rubio in the 2025 ASEAN – Screengrab Social Media/X
A normalization of bilateral relations between the superpowers is what Globalists fear the most.
Here’s how it stands right now: Russia supplies Iran with weapons and targeting intel to help their recent strikes on US bases – or so Washington says.
But there’s also this: the US sells Ukraine weapons and supplies targeting intel to help their deep strikes on Russian infrastructure – or so Moscow says.
When you look at it like that, the détente process between the US and Russia doesn’t seem too promising – but it is a priority for both governments, so diplomats are plowing along.
Today (23), US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathering in the Philippines.
Rubio stressed that the US ‘remains prepared’ to play a ‘constructive role’ in ending to the war in Ukraine.
Met today with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the ASEAN Ministerial.
We discussed the U.S.-Russia relationship and the need to end the Russia-Ukraine war. pic.twitter.com/8AN3EOTCUE
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) July 23, 2026
The New York Post reported:
“Speaking after the meeting, Rubio said President Donald Trump had made clear that the United States was prepared to help facilitate an end to a ‘senseless war’ if the opportunity arose.
[…] ‘We had a good conversation, a frank conversation’, Rubio said of his meeting with his Russian counterpart. He said he would not go into specifics about what was discussed.
‘The United States, the president’s been clear that … we are prepared to play a constructive role in bringing about an end to a senseless war, and we’re ready to do that’, Rubio said.”
While Lavrov restated ‘Russia’s readiness for a political and diplomatic settlement’, he kept on the Moscow line of adhering to the proposals advanced by Presidents Donald J. Trump and Vladimir Putin during their 2025 meeting in Alaska.
But Rubio does not seem to agree.
“Anchorage failed” – Marco Rubio
Journalist:
“Lavrov, during your meeting, again mentioned proposals reached in Anchorage. Can you tell us what those proposals were and how relevant they are today?”
Marco Rubio:
“Yes. I mean, there was no—I mean, proposals, we know they’ve been… pic.twitter.com/fL7QHgkx4c
— Yasmina (@yasminalombaert) July 23, 2026
You can’t have a peace deal unless both sides agree to it. And the Ukrainians would not agree to it. And so that’s why that effort didn’t work.
It’s a hard path to peace in the Ukraine – and it’s an even harder one to renewed diplomatic and commercial ties between the superpowers.
But it’s a pass we must tread on.
In Washington, they say Russia and China supply weapons to Iran, the ones that are used to attack American facilities. This fiction is embarrassing — Lavrov
‘US supplies weapons to Ukraine, so they are direct participants of Ukrainian attacks against facilities, sites in Russia’ https://t.co/OxIYhDFHTw pic.twitter.com/GDj7nLSSPh
— RT Intl (@RT_on_X) July 22, 2026
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