--- title: "Russian and German foreign ministers meet at UN" description: "Most outlets highlighted the rarity and timing of the meeting between Russia’s Sergei Lavrov and Germany’s Johann Wadephul at the UN, noting it was the first such encounter since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. One outlet specified it occurred on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly and mentioned that the German minister reportedly called for de-escalation, while another framed it as the first meeting in over four years." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/10861-german-russian-foreign-ministers-have-rare-meeting-at-un site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Russian and German foreign ministers meet at UN world · updated 28 Sep 2026, 3:35 AM PKT · 26–28 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets over 2 developments **HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets highlighted the rarity and timing of the meeting between Russia's Sergei Lavrov and Germany's Johann Wadephul at the UN, noting it was the first such encounter since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. 24 News HD emphasized the four-year gap since the invasion, while Arab News Pakistan described it as the first known one-on-one meeting and briefly mentioned the German minister's reported call for de-escalation. ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 28 Sep 2026 — At UN, Russia and Germany’s top diplomats hold first talks since invasion of Ukraine (1 outlet) - **The Nation** — [At UN, Russia and Germany’s top diplomats hold first talks since invasion of Ukraine](https://www.nation.com.pk/28-Sep-2026/un-russia-germany-s-top-diplomats-hold-first-talks-since-invasion-ukraine) · 28 Sep 2026, 3:35 AM PKT > BRUSSLES - The foreign ministers of Russia and Germany met in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Saturday in the first such talks since before Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. ### 26 Sep 2026 — Russian and German foreign ministers meet at UN (2 outlets) > Most outlets highlighted the rarity and timing of the meeting between Russia’s Sergei Lavrov and Germany’s Johann Wadephul at the UN, noting it was the first such encounter since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. One outlet specified it occurred on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly and mentioned that the German minister reportedly called for de-escalation, while another framed it as the first meeting in over four years. - **Arab News Pakistan** — [German, Russian foreign ministers have rare meeting at UN](https://www.arabnews.pk/world/german-russian-foreign-ministers-have-rare-meeting-at-un-3002436) · 26 Sep 2026, 10:53 PM PKT > The foreign ministers of Germany and Russia held their first known one-on-one meeting since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The German minister reportedly called for de-escalation, while his Russian counterpart later defended the war in a speech. - **24 News HD** — [Russia's Lavrov meets German foreign minister at UN](https://www.24newshd.tv/26-Sep-2026/russia-s-lavrov-meets-german-foreign-minister-un) · 26 Sep 2026, 8:23 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing > Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met his German counterpart Johann Wadephul at the UN on Saturday -- the first such meeting since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago. 3 articles from 3 outlets, 26–28 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.