Why Thursday’s US-Russia diplomatic meeting was so important
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held their first in-person meeting since the invasion of Ukraine on Thursday. Blinken and his opposite number were both attending the G-20 summit in New Delhi, India. The conversation was unexpected but brief — it reportedly lasted around 10 minutes — and there was no significant breakthrough. But the meeting was still important. Here are four reasons why. It happened at all The mere fact that the confab between the two foreign ministers happened ma
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