U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his visit to Brussels, Belgium, on April 3-5, where he will attend the NATO Foreign Ministerial and the tenth U.S.-EU Energy Council meeting, will also hold a number of bilateral meetings, including with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. Ukrinform.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will push back on Russia s attempts to weaponize energy and rally support for a Ukrainian counteroffensive when he meets NATO foreign ministers in Brussels. | March 30, 2023
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will push back on Russia s attempts to weaponize energy and rally support for a Ukrainian counteroffensive when he meets NATO foreign ministers in Brussels next week, an official said on Thursday. A meeting of the U.S.-EU Energy Council will focus on joint efforts to blunt Russia s attempts to weaponize energy . (and) bolstering energy supplies for the coming winters, Dereck Hogan, the State Department s principal deputy assistant secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, told reporters. The European Commission on Monday proposed that EU countries extend for a year an emergency measure to curb gas demand for the next 12 months, to help prepare Europe to get through next winter with scarce Russian gas. Russia cut off most gas supplies to Europe in the months following its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine - squeezing supply and triggering record-high prices. Talks between foreign ministers from the NATO alli
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will push back on Russia's attempts to "weaponize energy" and rally support for a Ukrainian counteroffensive when he meets NATO foreign ministers in Brussels next week, an official said on Thursday.