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German and Russian foreign ministers hold rare meeting at UN

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Germany's foreign minister and Russia's Sergey Lavrov met Saturday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, in what is believed to be their first direct talks since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The meeting occurred amid rising tensions between the European Union and Russia, shortly before Lavrov addressed the assembly.

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