The meeting took place during the growing tension between the two countries over the Ukraine war. The US Secretary of State told a media briefing that he had a brief conversation with the Russian Foreign Minister and urged him to reverse his country’s decision on the New START treaty and abide by it.
Meeting of US Secretary of State Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Foreign Minister of Russia sergei lavrov There was a brief meeting in Delhi on Thursday. This was the first face-to-face meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries since the war in Ukraine started in February last year. The two leaders held talks for about 10 minutes on the sidelines of the G-20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Delhi, and Blinken told Lavrov that the US support ukraine will continue to do
The meeting took place during the growing tension between the two countries over the Ukraine war. The US Secretary of State told a media briefing that he had a brief conversation with the Russian Foreign Minister and urged him to reverse his country’s decision on the New START treaty and abide by it.
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US and Soviet Union relations
“I told the Russian foreign minister that no matter what is happening in the world and in our relationship, the United States will always be ready to engage and act on strategic arms control, just as the United States and the Soviet Union did during the Cold War,” he said. Did at the peak of.
Nuclear weapons treaty suspended
Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his decision to suspend the New START nuclear arms treaty with the US. This treaty sets the limit of nuclear arsenal for both the countries. Russian spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked to meet Foreign Minister Lavrov during the second session of the G-20 meeting.
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calls for the withdrawal of troops from Ukraine
He said that both the leaders met but no meeting or talks took place. Blinken said at the G-20 meeting that we should continue to call on Russia to end its war and withdraw troops from Ukraine for the sake of international peace and economic stability.
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