Blinken: Moscow does not show readiness for talks

Russia

The US will consider all means to improve diplomatic relations with Russia, but at the moment Moscow shows no signs of willingness to engage in meaningful talks, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said.

“President Putin continues to go in the opposite direction,” Blinken said at a press conference he held with his French counterpart Catherine Colon.

Blinken noted that the US will consider all ways to improve diplomacy if they see the possibility of improving it in any way, and added that Moscow is instead “doubling and tripling its aggression”.

Earlier this month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview that Russia was willing to talk with the US or Turkey about ways to end the war, but that it had not yet received any serious proposals for negotiations. .