Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have begun talks in the Philippine capital, a TASS correspondent reported.

The meeting between Lavrov and Rubio began at 11:54 a.m. local time (06:54 a.m. Moscow time, or 3:54 a.m. GMT). It is taking place on the sidelines of ASEAN-related events in Manila at the Philippine International Convention Center.