Zakharova commented on Rubio's wink at Lavrov when asked about sanctions

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commented on July 10 in an interview with Gazeta.En" statements that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio allegedly winked at Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov before a meeting in Kuala Lumpur after a question about the next sanctions against the Russian side.

On this day, CNN journalist Kylie Atwood posted on her page on the social network X (ex. Twitter) stated that Rubio winked at Lavrov on the sidelines of ASEAN ministerial events.

"At the beginning of the meeting, none of the diplomats made any statements, but after shouting a question, Rubio winked at Lavrov," she wrote.

According to the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the person who asked about the sanctions looked like the American actor and director Danny DeVito.

"I didn't see who was winking at whom, but I saw who was asking a question about sanctions — from the back, this man looked like Danny DeVito," Zakharova said.

"We have removed the most acute, glaring problems in the bilateral dossier with the United States"

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Lavrov and Rubio met in Kuala Lumpur earlier in the day. During the talks, they confirmed their commitment to finding peaceful solutions to conflict situations. The importance of further work to normalize the functioning of diplomatic missions was emphasized.