US officers stated Blinken and Lavrov chatted for roughly 10 minutes on the sidelines of the G-20 convention in New Delhi. The brief encounter comes as relations between Washington and Moscow have plummeted whereas tensions over Russia’s warfare with Ukraine have soared.

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A senior U.S. official stated Blinken used the dialogue to make three factors to Lavrov: that the U.S. would help Ukraine within the battle for so long as it takes to convey the warfare to an finish, that Russia ought to reverse its choice to droop participation within the New START nuclear treaty and that Moscow ought to launch detained American Paul Whelan.

The official, who spoke to reporters on situation of anonymity to debate the personal dialog, declined to characterize Lavrov’s response however stated Blinken didn’t get the impression that there can be any change in Russia’s habits within the close to time period.