US and Russia to hold talks on Ukraine in potential sign ‘diplomacy is not dead’
by Julian Borger in Washington and Patrick Wintour di from World news | The Guardian on (#5V4YY)
US secretary of state Tony Blinken to meet with foreign minister Sergei Lavrov amid fears of Russian attack on Ukraine
The US and Russian foreign ministers will hold talks in Geneva on Friday in a development that a US official said suggested that perhaps diplomacy is not dead" in the efforts to fend off a new Russian attack on Ukraine.
With the White House warning that such an attack could come at any time", the US secretary of state, Tony Blinken, will fly to Kyiv on Wednesday and Berlin on Thursday to consult with the Ukrainian government and European allies before the meeting the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov. It comes as Nato also offered Russia a fresh round of talks.
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