Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is prepared to meet his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken during an upcoming visit to New York, Moscow’s permanent representative to the world body said on April 4.
Quoted by Russia’s TASS news agency, Vasily Nebenzya said the meeting would depend on “where Secretary Blinken will be at that time and his ability and willingness to meet our foreign minister.”
If the proposal garners a positive response, Lavrov—who will be in New York on April 24—“will be ready to meet Secretary Blinken,” Nebenzya said.
Early last month, Blinken and Lavrov met briefly on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in New Delhi….