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Blinken meets Lavrov for first time since start of Ukraine war

The US and Russia’s top diplomats speak for 10 minutes on sidelines of acrimonious G20 gathering

US secretary of state Antony Blinken has met Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov for the first time since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year.

Blinken and Lavrov spoke for about 10 minutes on the sidelines of a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in New Delhi on Thursday, according to a state department official.

The official said Blinken told Lavrov that Washington would support Ukraine for as long as it took and that Russia should reverse its recent decision to suspend participation in New Start, the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two powers.

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