Rubio told reporters after the meeting that he and Lavrov “shared some ideas and comments, which I’ll take back to Washington as early as this evening in terms of calls.”

"The signing of this... marks an important step toward establishing a robust civil nuclear partnership between the United States and Malaysia," the State Department said.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, a senior U.S. State Depa...