The US is not going to apologize for Blinken's brief conversation with Lavrov.

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According to Ug News Europe,Washington needs no apology for Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s brief conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in New Delhi.Ug News Europe reports that Ned Price, the head of the press service of the US State Department, said this at a briefing.Journalists were interested in whether Anthony Blinken touched upon the issue of Ukraine during his conversation with Sergey Lavrov. They also asked if it was touched, does it not contradict the position of the White House that the negotiations on the settlement of the conflict can be held only with the participation of Kiev? Anthony Blinken spoke without exception about the 10 points proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,” Ned Price said in response to the question.Media workers also asked him the following question: was the meeting really Anthony Blinken’s initiative, and doesn’t this mean a change in Washington’s approach to Moscow? “I know that the Russians attach great importance to this. But the conversation was short.There is nothing to apologize for,” said Ned Price.Anthony Blinken’s brief conversation with Sergey Lavrov took place within the framework of the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in India and lasted only eight minutes.The Secretary of State raised the issues of Russia’s withdrawal from the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the importance of ending the war in Ukraine, and the exchange of prisoners.

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