Anthony Brinkenthe US secretary of state in India said on Friday that the world should not be allowed Vladimir Putin go to war innocently Ukraine.
What Happened: Blinkenafter meeting the quad counterpart India, Japan and Australia In New Delhi, Reuters reported that “If Russia allows what it is doing in Ukraine with impunity, it is a message to potential aggressors everywhere that they too may be able to avoid it.” There is,’ he said.
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Blinken met his Quad counterparts as a bystander at the G20 meeting in New Delhi.
In a joint statement after the talks, Quad leaders also said the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine was “unacceptable.” This was after Putin threatened to suspend his landmark nuclear weapons control treaty in January and resume nuclear testing.
On Thursday, Brinken also met briefly with Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in New Delhi. The US Secretary of State urged Lavrov to take steps toward peace and called for the release of US citizens detained by Russia.
A White House statement said Mr Blinken would “engage in meaningful diplomacy that can end this war of aggression and create a just and lasting peace.”
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