Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Blinken cancels meeting with Lavrov, citing Russian invasion of Ukraine

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he's cancelling a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.


But speaking in Washington after a meeting with Ukraine's foreign minister, he held out the possibility of further diplomacy in a bid to defuse the threat of a broader Russian invasion.

 

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