Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony BlinkenWASHINGTON, Jan 18 Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva on Friday after his visits to Kiev and Berlin, a senior US State Department official said. it is useful to meet in person. Taking into account the Secretary of State's plans to travel to Kiev and Berlin, it was decided to add a stop in Geneva,» she said. not to speculate about Russian «aggression» the fact that «diplomacy is still alive» regarding the crisis around Ukraine, and found it difficult to answer the question of which side initiated the meeting. Earlier on Tuesday, the US State Department confirmed that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken would visit Kiev and Berlin from January 18 to 20 . It is planned that during his visit to Ukraine on January 19, Blinken will meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, and on January 20, as part of his visit to Berlin, he will meet with German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock.
NATO Secretary General advocates «non-public» talks with Russia
