Blinken, Ukrainian FM Kuleba discuss diplomatic efforts to stop 'Putin’s war of choice'

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday spoke to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmtryo Kuleba on phone and discussed coordinated efforts to provide Ukraine with ditional security as well as humanitarian assistance. According to an official statement by US State Department spokesperson Ned Price over Blinken and Kuleba’s telephonic conversation, y also discussed ongoing diplomatic efforts to stop “Putin’s war of choice”.

Price said Blinken and Kuleba, “Discussed coordinated efforts to provide ditional security assistance and humanitarian support to Ukraine in face of Russia’s unprovoked and premeditated invasion and, in particular, its unconscionable attacks harming population centres.”

“Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Kuleba discussed ongoing diplomatic efforts to stop Putin’s war of choice.   Secretary reiterated United States’ stefast support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he ded. 

Blinken met with Uzbekistani Foreign Minister

Before speaking to Kuleba, Blinken h also met with Uzbekistani Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov. During meeting,  US Secretary of State "emphasised that Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack on Ukraine is a flagrant violation of international law and underscored urgency of bro support for a rules-based order". Furr, Price h said that Blinken lauded Uzbekistan’s humanitarian support for people of Ukraine. 

Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden is also expected to hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahe of Kuleba's meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Both leers will discuss latest development in Russia-Ukraine war. It is pertinent to note here that US-Russia ties have significantly deteriorated with Moscow inving Kyiv. 

Most recently, Russian Ambassor to US, Anatoly Antonov said US must “immediately abolish illegal works in field of military biology” in post-Soviet nations. Following a lengthy statement by White House rejecting Russia’s allegations of US involvement in developing biological weapons lab in Ukraine, Antonov said, “Such nervous statements by American authorities testify to serious concern of White House by revealing truth about work being carried out on military-biological program at borders of Russian Federation under US funding.”

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