--- title: Rex Tillerson Meets With Russian Officials: Watch Online description: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other Russian officials in Moscow. canonical: https://time.com/4735981/rex-tillerson-moscow-watch-online/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-12T14:47:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:21:32.708Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Rex Tillerson Meets With Russian Officials og:description: The Secretary of State is scheduled to speak with Russia's foreign minister at 11 a.m. og:url: https://time.com/4735981/rex-tillerson-moscow-watch-online/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c095bc19ce77798/6988c276fb4eac4210891798/tillerson_russia_3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shake hands prior to their talks in Moscow, April 12, 2017. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Rex Tillerson Meets With Russian Officials twitter:description: The Secretary of State is scheduled to speak with Russia's foreign minister at 11 a.m. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c095bc19ce77798/6988c276fb4eac4210891798/tillerson_russia_3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Meets With Russian Officials in Moscow by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Apr 12, 2017 2:47 PM UTC  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shake hands prior to their talks in Moscow, April 12, 2017. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shake hands prior to their talks in Moscow, April 12, 2017.Alexander Zemlianichenko—AP by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Apr 12, 2017 2:47 PM UTC Secretary of State [Rex Tillerson](http://time.com/4735632/rex-tillerson-moscow-russia-syria/) is meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other Russian officials in Moscow on Wednesday. The group is expected to discuss Ukraine, counterterrorism efforts, bilateral relations, Syria and North Korea among other issues, according to the Associated Press. The meeting comes after President Donald Trump ordered dozens of [cruise missiles to launch on a Syrian airbase](http://time.com/4730107/syria-chemical-donald-trump-assad/) earlier this month — a move Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized. Putin’s spokesperson called the missile launch [an illegal act of aggression.](http://time.com/4730999/russia-vladimir-putin-donald-trump-syria-rex-tillerson/) The [State Department said](https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/04/269474.htm) the trip is part of an “effort to maintain direct lines of communication with senior Russian officials and to ensure U.S. views are clearly conveyed.” Tillerson and Lavrov are scheduled to give a joint statement at 11 a.m. Watch it in the stream above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4735981/rex-tillerson-moscow-watch-online/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4735981/rex-tillerson-moscow-watch-online/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Meets With Russian Officials in Moscow","datePublished":"2017-04-12T14:47:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:21:32.708Z","description":"The meeting between Tillerson and Russian officials comes after Putin disapproved of Trump's missile launch on a Syrian airbase.","url":"https://time.com/4735981/rex-tillerson-moscow-watch-online/","keywords":["russia","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c095bc19ce77798/6988c276fb4eac4210891798/tillerson_russia_3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c095bc19ce77798/6988c276fb4eac4210891798/tillerson_russia_3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shake hands prior to their talks in Moscow, April 12, 2017.","caption":"Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shake hands prior to their talks in Moscow, April 12, 2017.","creditText":"Alexander Zemlianichenko—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/russia/","name":"russia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4735981/rex-tillerson-moscow-watch-online/","name":"Watch Live: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Meets With Russian Officials in Moscow"}}]}] ```