No Breakthrough in Talks as Blinken Meets With His Russian Counterpart

No Breakthrough in Talks as Blinken Meets With His Russian Counterpart
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov move to their seats before their meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 2022. Alex Brandon/AP Photo
Nick Ciolino
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva Friday as part of an effort to seek diplomacy and avoid a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

These were the latest in a series of high-level talks between the two countries in recent weeks to address Russia’s move to amass roughly 100,000 troops along its border with Ukraine.