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Penny Wong meets Chinese foreign minister, urges Beijing to help end Ukraine war

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Australia and "all countries" back Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's call for China to do the right thing and not supply weapons to Russia.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2023

Ukraine clings to Bakhmut, top US official tells Russian counterpart Washington backs Kyiv all the way

Ukrainian forces strengthen defensive positions as Russian soldiers backed by Wagner mercenaries encircle the key strategic city of Bakhmut.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2023

Wong lobbies Chinese counterpart over trade, Ukraine

Australia has warned China against supplying weapons to Russia at the G20 meeting as the US reportedly lobbies allies to sanction Beijing if it aids Moscow.

The New Daily · Mar 2, 2023

Antony Blinken tells Sergey Lavrov: America will back Ukraine for as long as it takes

US Secretary of State meets Russian counterpart face-to-face for first time since Putin’s troops invaded its neighbour

Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2023

Watch as Blinken holds news conference after meeting Russian foreign minister

Watch from New Delhi as Antony Blinken holds a press conference during his trip to India.

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

U.S. and Russia's top diplomats meet for the first time since the Ukraine war began

Relations between the two countries have collapsed over the Ukraine war, with the U.S. slapping thousands of sanctions on Russia, and militarily, economically and diplomatically supporting Ukraine.

WEKU · Mar 2, 2023

Blinken, Lavrov talk at G20 meeting as US-Russia tensions soar

Russia says the top diplomats spoke ‘on the move’ at a G20 meeting in India but did not hold Ukraine negotiations.

Al Jazeera · Mar 2, 2023

G20 talks in India end without consensus on Ukraine war amid soaring tensions

A meeting of top diplomats of the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations ended Thursday in New Delhi without a consensus on the Ukraine war, India’s foreign minister said, as members grappled with deepening rifts in their ranks and held contentious talks dominated by Russia’s war and China’s moves…

France 24 · Mar 2, 2023

G20 fails to agree on joint statement over Ukraine as Blinken meets Lavrov

It was the first meeting between the top US and Russian diplomats since Putin’s invasion

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

Blinken, Lavrov meet briefly as US-Russia tensions soar

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have spoken briefly at a meeting of top diplomats from the Group of 20 nations

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023