Blinken and Lavrov for the first time were talked by phone after the war in Ukraine
The head of the State Department reported this at a meeting of the US and Japan Economic Policy Advisory Committee, which was broadcast on YouTube. According to him, the Russian minister was honest and direct conversation. Blinken persuaded Moscow to release Britney Britney Barney and Paul Wilan, who is serving a 16-year-old period on suspicion of espionage. Grainer was detained in Russia in February, suspected of storing drugs.
"The world is waiting for Russia to fulfill obligations on the agreement reached with Ukraine, Turkey and the UN for the supply of grain from Ukraine," Blinken stressed. According to the Head of the State Department, the world community will not approve the plans of the Russian Federation on the further occupation of the territory of Ukraine and a change of democratically elected power. The US will impose additional significant sanctions on Russia, if it implements these plans, he summarized.
The Russian Foreign Ministry added that Lavrov spoke Blinken about "fundamental approaches" and "fulfillment of goals" of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine. The Russian minister called on the event to stop supplying the Armed Forces of modern weapons. "The minister noted that the situation is complicated by US sanctions, and the US promises to provide appropriate withdrawals for Russian food supplies are not yet implemented.