Blinken and Lavrov briefly meet in G20 surprise
Antony Blinken meets with Sergei Lavrov in May 2021 on the sidelines of the Arctic Council Ministerial summit. Photo: Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Secretary of State Antony Blinken unexpectedly met his Russian counterpart on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi Thursday.It was Blinken's first in-person conversation with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine just over a year ago.about a proposal to release WNBA star Brittney Griner.Blinken used his brief meeting with Lavrov to call on Russia to reverse its decision to suspend, who has been jailed in Russia since 2018.
The U.S. official said Blinken thought that no change in Russia's behavior was imminent, according toRussia's war in Ukraine remained a central topic of discussion at the G20 meeting Thursday. "Unfortunately, this meeting has again been marred by Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine," Blinken told members at a closed-door session, perLavrov accused some Western delegations of turning the G20 into a "farce" by attempting to "shift the blame for their economic failures" to Russia, according to Russian state news agency
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