Germany's Wadephul Meets Russia's Lavrov at UNGA — SkimNews
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- Wadephul met Russian counterpart Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly — the first encounter between the two countries' top diplomats in over four years, per Financial Times and DW
- The talks mark the first high-level German-Russian diplomatic engagement since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, per CNN, even as Germany publicly characterizes Russian aggression toward NATO as being 'on a new level'
Why it matters: Germany is publicly characterizing Russian aggression toward NATO as being 'on a new level' even as it reopens direct diplomatic channels with Moscow through this meeting — the first high-level engagement since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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