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Blinken in Central Asia to boost ties amid Russia-Ukraine war

US secretary of state to meet with counterparts of five Central Asian countries on visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

Al Jazeera · Feb 28, 2023

Blinken Holds Talks with Central Asian Nations in Wake of Ukraine Anniversary

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Central Asia Tuesday to meet officials from all five former Soviet republics following the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Blinken's visit to the capitals of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is his first to the region as the Biden administration's top diplomat.…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 28, 2023

Blinken in Central Asia as tensions soar over Ukraine war

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting Kazakhstan for a series of meeting with top diplomats of Central Asian nations

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023

‘As long as it takes’: US aid to Ukraine sustainable, experts say

Support for Kyiv serves the US’s ‘strategic interests’ against security threats posed by Putin’s Russia, analysts say.

Al Jazeera · Feb 25, 2023

Turkey maintains cordial links with Russia on first anniversary of Ukraine war

With Russia's invasion of Ukraine entering its second year, questions over Turkey's equivocal approach to the conflict are likely to become more insistent. While Europe united in condemning Russia and swiftly imposed stringent sanctions on Moscow, Nato member Turkey took a more nuanced stance.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 25, 2023

US attempts to win over UN members who are neutral on war in Ukraine

US secretary of state warns peace plan proposed by China draws ‘false equivalence’ by calling on both sides to stop fighting

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2023

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will meet with China's Xi Jinping

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says China's interest in the war is "not bad", as he reveals plans to meet President Xi Jinping after Beijing called for urgent peace talks to end the Ukraine war.

ABC News · Feb 24, 2023

UN couldn't even agree to hold a minute of silence for Ukraine

Even holding a minute of silence for victims of the conflict in Ukraine proved too hard for the United Nations Security Council, where a meeting meant to push for peace a year after Russia invaded descended into objections about the order of speakers.

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2023

Blinken will try to show U.S. is a reliable partner on visit to Central Asia - official

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attempt to show that Washington can be a reliable partner to countries in Central Asia on a visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan next week, the to State Department official for South and Central Asia, Donald Lu, told reporters on Friday.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2023

U.S. warns U.N. not to be fooled by calls for unconditional truce in Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned the United Nations Security Council on Friday that it should not be fooled by calls for a temporary or unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine, saying a "just and durable" peace cannot allow Russia to rest and rearm.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2023