The top US and Russian diplomats spoke briefly on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in New Delhi, with each nation accusing the other of destabilising the world.
in New Delhi on Thursday, with the rival sides each accusing the other of destabilising the world.
Mr Blinken later told a news conference he had told Mr Lavrov to engage in diplomacy during the unscheduled encounter. Senator Wong said the removal of trade barriers was also on the agenda during her meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in New Delhi, in another sign of Australia’sThe pair discussed China’s peace plan released late last month on trying to end the war that has upended the global economy.
Ms Baerbock, addressing Mr Lavrov, urged the Kremlin to return to full implementation of the New START nuclear arms treaty and to resume dialogue with the United States. “A number of Western delegations turned the work on the G20 agenda into a farce, wanting to shift the responsibility for their failures in the economy to the Russian Federation,” Mr Lavrov said, according to a Russian statement.He accused it of “shamelessly burying” the Black Sea grain initiative that facilitates the export of Ukraine’s agricultural products from its southern ports, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
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