U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met face-to-face with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov this morning for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/KmPe7Hgj4b
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In an embarrassing scene, the limp-wristed and faggy US Jew Secretary of State approached the epic warlord Lavrov.
What the Jew had not realized is that there were several Lavrovs crowded together.
They all began talking to him at once at different speeds and in different languages.
The Jew had not prepared for the scene. He began crying and foaming at the mouth.
He then begged the Larovs to surrender – but no dice.
The United States and its European allies sparred with Russia over the war in Ukraine at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in New Delhi on Thursday, with the rival sides each accusing the other of destabilising the world.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a brief encounter on the sidelines of the meeting during which Blinken urged Russia to reverse its decision on the New START nuclear treaty, a senior U.S. official said.
Blinken also told Lavrov that Washington was prepared to support Ukraine to defend itself for as long as it takes, the official said. The two spoke for less than 10 minutes, they said.
The Russian foreign ministry said Lavrov and Blinken spoke “on the move” but did not hold negotiations or a meeting, Russian news agencies reported.
News of the exchange came at the end of the day-long G20 meeting which, as expected, was overshadowed by the Ukraine war.
The United States and its European allies urged the Group of 20 (G20) nations to keep up pressure on Moscow to end the conflict, now in its second year.
Russia hit back, accusing the West of turning work on the G20 agenda into a “farce” and said Western delegations wanted to shift responsibility for their economic failures onto Moscow.
“We must continue to call on Russia to end its war of aggression and withdraw from Ukraine for the sake of international peace and economic stability,” Blinken said in remarks released after his address at the closed-door meeting.
“Unfortunately, this meeting has again been marred by Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine,” Blinken said.
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Russia’s Lavrov, however, blamed the West for the global political and economic crises.
“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,” Lavrov said, according to a Russian statement.
“The West creates obstacles for the export of agricultural products of the Russian Federation, no matter how the representatives of the EU convince the contrary,” he said.
Lavrov also accused the West 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.
Well, at least he is really genuine and realistic in reaching out to the Russians and demanding they offer an unconditional surrender for no reason.
This is the kind of strategic and very adult thinking we need in our statesmen.