The G20 gathering comes days after bilateral talks between the United States and Russia over ending the war in Ukraine.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of a Group of 20 (G20) summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 20, 2025. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Moscow soon for talks,

The talks between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, concluded with Rubio confirming that the nations would reopen missions in Washington and Moscow.

Russia is planning to hold high-level contacts with Syria in the near future, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with Syria's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on February 12,

U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said he saw no appetite for peace from Russia in Ukraine after listening to a speech by Russia’s top diplomat at a tense Group of 20 meeting in South Africa on Thursday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in South Africa for a two-day meeting of the Group of 20 nations, where top European diplomats are expected to reinforce their support for Ukraine

The meeting was the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine that Russian and American delegations are known to have met face-to-face.

The U.S. Secretary of State's comments came after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where the pair were discussing the possibility of an end to the war in Ukraine - without representatives from Kyiv present.