By CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News
(WASHINGTON) Secretary of State Antony Blinken is making his first trip as the top U.S. diplomat, the State Department said, although he s not really going anywhere.
With the Biden administration s coronavirus travel restrictions still in place, Blinken will hold meetings and attend cultural events with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts on Friday via video teleconference from Washington.
But the agency, keen to show that the new administration is actively working with U.S. allies, is launching a series of virtual trips with Blinken, where he will meet foreign leaders and local U.S. embassy staff, visit different cities and cultural sites, announce new policies or agreements and hold press conferences, just as he would on a real trip.