Tag: Antony Blinken

No Breakthrough in Talks as Blinken Meets With His Russian Counterpart Lavrov

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva Friday as part of an effort to seek diplomacy and avoid a Russian invasion of Ukraine. These were the latest in a series of high-level talks between the two countries in recent weeks to address Russia’s move to amass roughly 100,000…


No Breakthrough in Talks as Blinken Meets With His Russian Counterpart

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva Friday as part of an effort to seek diplomacy and avoid a Russian invasion of Ukraine. These were the latest in a series of high-level talks between the two countries in recent weeks to address Russia’s move to amass roughly 100,000…


West Stresses Unified Stance on Ukraine After Biden’s ‘Minor Incursion’ Remark

BERLIN/KYIV—The United States and Western countries sought to project unity and a tough stance over Ukraine on Thursday, after U.S. President Joe Biden suggested allies were split over how to react to any potential “minor incursion” from Russia. Biden rowed back on his comments, made during a Wednesday news conference, saying on Thursday that “I…


Blinken Vows ‘Relentless’ Diplomacy to Avert Russian Attack on Ukraine

KYIV—U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Russia could launch a new attack on Ukraine at very short notice but Washington would pursue diplomacy as long as it could. On a visit to Kyiv to show support for Ukraine, Blinken said Ukrainians should prepare for difficult days. He said Washington would keep providing…


Blinken to Meet With Senior Russian as Ukraine Tensions Soar

WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his Russian counterpart in Switzerland this week as tensions between the United States and Russia escalate over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, the State Department said Tuesday. The State Department said Blinken will travel to Kyiv on Wednesday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, move on…


Concern Over Possible Russian Invasion of Ukraine Still High After Last Week’s Talks: White House

White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Tuesday that the Biden administration continues to view tensions between Russia and Ukraine as “an extremely dangerous situation.” This after three rounds of high-level talks last week that included the U.S., Russia and several European countries and were meant to deescalate the situation and find a diplomatic…


White House: ‘Massive Consequences’ If Russia Invades Ukraine

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said that Russia could face “massive consequences” if it invaded Ukraine again, ahead of crucial talks between Washington and Moscow in the coming days. Russian and American officials are scheduled to hold discussions in Geneva on Monday, coming amid escalating tensions over thousands of Russian troops that are…


Blinken Accuses Russia of ‘False Narrative’ on Ukraine Ahead of Talks

WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday accused Russia of “gaslighting” and pushing a “false narrative” that it was under threat from Ukraine and NATO to justify a troop build-up near its border with the former Soviet republic. Blinken addressed reporters at the State Department ahead of meetings of U.S. and Russian diplomats in…


Blinken Calls on China to Release 7 Arrested in Hong Kong Police’s Media Raid

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is calling on Beijing and the Hong Kong government to immediately release media staff members arrested in Hong Kong on Dec. 29, following a police raid of their newsroom on the same day. “We call on PRC [People’s Republic of China] and Hong Kong authorities to cease targeting Hong…


Blinken, EU Foreign Policy Chief Voice Support for Lithuania Over China’s Coercion

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell spoke of their shared concerns about China’s coercion tactics on Dec. 22, in particular those against EU member state Lithuania. The communist regime’s coercion against Lithuania was escalating, both politically and economically, and it was “impacting both U.S. and European companies,”…