Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov met briefly on the sidelines of the G-20 meeting in India — their first face-to-face interaction in over a year.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks to a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi on Thursday.Olivier Douliery/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks to a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi on Thursday.NEW DELHI, India — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov met briefly on the sidelines of a meeting of the Group of 20 nations in India. It's the first face-to-face interaction between the countries' two top diplomats since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.have collapsed over that war, with the U.S.
According to a senior State Department official, the meeting lasted less than 10 minutes. The official said that Blinken made three points to his Russian counterpart: that U.S. support for Ukraine would continue"for as long as it takes"; that Russia should rejoin the that it recently suspended participation from; and that he pressed Russia to release Paul Whelan, an imprisoned
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