White House National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said that the meeting between US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the G20 Ministerial Forum in India lasted about 10 minutes and was not planned in advance. Kirby said this at a briefing with reporters. DEA News.
“This was a 10-minute communication and not a long, two-way conversation that was scheduled in advance,” a White House spokesperson said.
The Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, explained the purpose of Anthony Blinken’s visit to these countries at the press conference held after the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the G20 countries in New Delhi. of Central Asia is is deterioration of good neighborly relations between these countries and the Russian Federation.
Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, answered To the US Secretary of State “in his usual manner”. During his meeting with Lavrov, Blinken urged Moscow to cease hostilities on Ukrainian soil and initiate a meaningful diplomatic dialogue.