The meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled for September 23 in New York. Prior to the participation of the Russian delegation led by Lavrov in the high-level work of the UN General Assembly, the Director of the Department of International Organizations of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Kiriy, said this in an interview with TASS. Logvinov. "As far as I know, the meeting between Sergey Lavrov and Marco Rubio is scheduled for September 23," the diplomat said. Answering the question about the prospects of Lavrov's bilateral meetings with other representatives of Western countries within the framework of the GA, Logvinov said that "in case of receiving relevant requests", including representatives of Western countries. Of the questions, the Russian side "will consider them, taking into account the schedule of the minister's stay in New York." "We have never refused meetings," he concluded. The general political discussions of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly start on Tuesday in New York. In the coming week, about 130 world leaders will gather at the headquarters of the world organization, where ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, discussions on artificial intelligence and just � Against the background of the future of the UN, they will present the positions of their countries on the main international issues. General discussions will last from September 22 to 26 and will end on September 28.