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Blinken and Lavrov have their first meeting since the start of the invasion of Ukraine

MADRID, 2 Mar.

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Blinken and Lavrov have their first meeting since the start of the invasion of Ukraine

MADRID, 2 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have held an unforeseen brief meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in India, an unprecedented milestone since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. a little over a year ago.

A spokesman for the US State Department has confirmed this first face-to-face, according to CNN. The two ministers have spoken for about ten minutes in which Blinken has reiterated Washington's support for kyiv.

He has also urged Russia to lift the suspension of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and to release ex-marine Paul Wheelan. According to the spokesman, it was Blinken himself who approached Lavrov and the meeting was not scheduled.

The head of US diplomacy had previously regretted that the G20 ministerial meeting was marred by Russia's "unjustified war" and its "deliberate campaign of destruction against civilian targets" in Ukraine.