Secretary of State Antony Blinken: Breakthrough with Putin unlikely as Ukraine tensions mount
From www.washingtontimes.com
2022-01-09 18:29:05
Guy Taylor
Excerpt:
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday downplayed prospects for a diplomatic breakthrough with Moscow ahead of high-stakes U.S.-Russia talks this week aimed at staving off a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“I don’t think we’re going to see any breakthrough,” Mr. Blinken said of the talks officially slated to begin Monday in Geneva between Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
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