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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Top US Diplomat Blinken in Moldova amid Ukraine Refugee Crush

File: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the State Department in Washington, US, November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Moldova Saturday to show US support as it faces a surge of refugees from Ukraine and fears it too could come under threat from Moscow.

Blinken is expected to provide reassurances for the small country, which has been fractured by a pro-Moscow breakaway region, Transnistria, on Ukraine's western border. Some analysts believe that territory could be used as a staging point in the Russian military's invasion of Ukraine, AFP said.

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