Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has begun a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York as part of the high-level week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, TASS and RIA Novosti report.

The talks are being held in a closed format. There were no opening statements for the press before the meeting. Lavrov arrived in the US on Tuesday to attend the high-level events of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly.

His address from the General Assembly podium is scheduled for Saturday.