“Until now we have seen no signs that President Putin is serious about having meaningful negotiations“with Ukraine. Antony Blinken said this in the hearing before the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, stressing that the United States supports Kiev’s diplomatic efforts to achieve peace.” Our goal is to make sure that we have the capacity to do so. respond to the Russian aggression to strengthen their position at a possible negotiating table “, added the secretary of state referring to military aid to Kiev.
Responding to Rand Paul, the Republican senator who accused Joe Biden of contributing to Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine by insisting on his entry into NATO, Blinken recalled the attempts to negotiate and “seriously argue” with Moscow before the start. of the invasion and how for Putin that of Kiev’s “potential entry into NATO” was just a pretext.
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