The meeting allowed New Delhi to project itself as a major centre of global affairs during a time of geopolitical crisis, but disagreements over the war in Ukraine threatened to overshadow India’s moment in the sun
In his brief meeting, Blinken pressed Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to move toward a peace deal with Ukraine and advocated for US citizens detained by Moscow
ukraine, lavrov saying they did not intend to invade, and russia says for nato to stay out of ukraine. u.s. probably appreciates a clearer line, zelensky was critical of biden s comments, and approve of another aid to ukraine, they want more aid and sanctions against russia right now. sandra, the u.s. says it will put its answers to russia s questions in writing next week, and then there is an indication there will be another blinken-lavrov meeting. more talk maybe buying just a little more time for now. sandra: think back to the news conference, so many moments, questions he took on the growing conflict on the border there. big question would be noting that we are hearing from the white house and others about the strict sanctions that would be put on p utin if he were to
bring up the blood supply, any time you move this type of equipment, these types of weapons that close to the border, that means that you are ready to use them. and we have to be prepared for them to actually cross the border, whether it s going to be in the donbas region or beyond the donbas region. that of course remains to be seen. my suspicion is he is going to go beyond the donbas. m.j., the secretary of state tony blinken called off a meeting with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov that was set to take place this week. does the biden administration still believe there is room for diplomacy even with the moves putin made over the past couple days? or even today? not only is that blinken-lavrov meeting called off, the biden-putin summit at the white house that the senate had tentatively agreed to over the weekend, the white house confirming there are no plans for that to take place either. that makes a lot of sense. both sets of those meetings were