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State Department says Blinken to meet Russia’s Lavrov in Iceland next week – Metro US

State Department says Blinken to meet Russia’s Lavrov in Iceland next week

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov in Baku

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a phone call on Wednesday with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and discussed their upcoming meeting on the sidelines of the Arctic Council ministerial in Iceland next week, the State Department said.

Blinken repeated his call on Russia to release detained Americans in the country and he provided Lavrov with an overview of U.S. policy toward North Korea, the Department said in a statement.

(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)