US wants 'good relations' with China: 'We're ready to talk'
World | May 03, 2023 9:51 IST"We’ve never been shy of talking, and we hope the Chinese will meet us halfway on this," said a US diplomat.
"We’ve never been shy of talking, and we hope the Chinese will meet us halfway on this," said a US diplomat.
Notably, Russian Minister Lavrov and US's Blinken are scheduled to attend a meeting at the UN Headquarters on April 24-25.
The relationship between Russia and the US is going through its worst phase since President Joe Biden visited war-torn Ukraine in February.
Ukraine-Russia war: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during G20 summit in Delhi, slammed Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov for overlooking the concerns expressed over ongoing war. The US is attempting to push New Delhi in a leading role to mediate to end the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
Speaking about his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in New Delhi, Secretary of State Blinken said, "I spoke briefly with Russian FM Lavrov today. I urged Russia to reverse its irresponsible decision and return to implementing the new START Treaty."
Although the theme of the ongoing G20 Summit was LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment), the agenda was marred by the ongoing war.
The top US official said that America also approached other nations such as China and India to soft-soap Russia with their diplomatic leverage and added the results were positive.
G20 foreign ministers meeting: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold a series of meetings with senior Indian officials on several agendas, including deepening cooperation in trade.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken who was currently in Munich for a security conference spoke to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Saturday.
Addressing a joint press conference along with the visiting NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Blinken said that the United States was not the only target of this broader programme which has violated the sovereignty of countries across five continents.
A reason not to shoot it down at this point, Pentagon said, is that besides not posing a threat to people or aircraft, the resulting debris from a strike of this large balloon could be harmful to people on the ground and result in property damage.
Blinken-Doval meeting: The meeting between the two comes as Doval was on an official visit to Washington from January 30 to February 1. He was accompanied by senior government officials and leaders of Indian industry.
India-US ties: At the end of the ASEAN gala dinner on Saturday, EAM Jaishankar also met UN chief António Guterres. Additionally, he also held discussions with his counterpart from Thailand, Don Pramudwinai.
India, which has a USD 2,000 per capita economy, is concerned over the spike in the price of oil due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and it is "breaking our back, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday.
Blinken said US will continue to expand cooperation with Taiwan on its many shared interests and values as well as "support Taiwan's meaningful participation in the international community, deepen economic ties consistent with our One China Policy."
"In the case of India, there is a relationship that goes back decades. And Russia, for India, was out of necessity a partner of choice when we were not in a position to be a partner," he told lawmakers on Wednesday (April 27).
Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif took oath as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan on Monday after being elected by the National Assembly of the country.
India and United States are scheduled to hold a 2+2 dialogue in Washington on Apr 11.
Ukrainian Foreign Min Dmytro Kuleba, who jointly addressed a news conference with Blinken at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of State Dept, said that the world must respond with all its economic might to punish Russia for the crimes it has already committed and ahead of the crimes it plans to commit.
With fears of an invasion of Ukraine running high and seemingly intractable demands, US Secy of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met for about 90 minutes in Geneva at what the American said was a “critical moment.”
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