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Lavrov and Rubio to Meet Thursday in Manila Amid Iran War

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Lavrov and Rubio to Meet Thursday in Manila Amid Iran War

🤝 MANILA — Rubio bombs Iran all week, then sits with Moscow on Thursday. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Manila is ASEAN — neutral ground, low protocol, high signal. Thursday is also Trump's address to Congress on Iran war funding. Moscow holds residual Tehran leverage and Iranian energy dependency. Rubio needs Russia to not resupply Iran; Russia needs sanctions relief. The timing isn't coincidence — it's the first backdoor visible in eleven nights of strikes.

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