Russia agrees to a meeting between Blinken and Lavrov next week, according to the US

Government Russian has accepted the proposal launched by the Secretary of State for USAAntony Blinken, to meet with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, next week to prepare a summit between the two countries, with the aim of lowering the tension around Ukraine, reported Blinken’s spokesman, Ned Price.

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“The Russians have responded with proposed dates for the end of next week, which we have accepted, provided there is no Russian invasion of Ukraine.”Price told reporters.

In a speech before the UN Security Council delivered this Thursday before traveling to the Security Conference in Munich (Germany), Blinken announced that he had sent a letter to Lavrov with that invitation and said that the US has also proposed meetings of the NATO-Russia Council and the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

The head of US diplomacy, who again denounced today that Moscow is planning an imminent invasion of Ukraine, called on the Russian authorities to opt for democracy and said that these meetings can serve to reduce tension and reach agreements on security concerns. from all sides.

For Price, if the Russians invade Ukraine “In the coming days, it will become clear that they never took diplomacy seriously.”

In his speech before the highest body of the United Nations, Blinken also detailed Russia’s alleged plans to justify and imminently launch an invasion of Ukraine, which would include the capture of Kiev.

“Over the past few months, without provocation or justification, Russia has amassed more than 150,000 troops around Ukraine’s borders. In Russia, Belarus, the occupied Crimea. Russia says it is reducing those forces (but) we don’t see that happening on the ground.”Blinken said.

According to the Secretary of State, the information available to Washington “It clearly indicates that those forces, which include ground troops, aircraft and ships, are preparing to launch an attack on Ukraine in the coming days.”

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin, who before Blinken spoke had asked to prevent the meeting from becoming “a circus” with “baseless accusations saying that Russia is supposedly going to attack Ukraine”, later regretted the US statements.

“This is very unfortunate, I would say even dangerous”Vershinin said, accusing Washington of stirring up tension in an already very complex situation.