Tillerson meets with his Russian counterpart.

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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

A meeting was held between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on the sidelines of a gathering of G20 foreign ministers in Germany, Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

It will be the first time Lavrov meets his newly appointed counterpart and comes as U.S.-Russia relations are under particular scrutiny following the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, who pledged to improve ties with the Kremlin.

“The United States will consider working with Russia when we can find areas of practical cooperation that will benefit the American people,” Tillerson said in a statement after his first meeting as secretary of state with Lavrov.

He also urged Russia to meet its Minsk ceasefire commitments in Ukraine, where Russian intervention and…