Blinken, Lavrov Begin First Meeting With Summit Timing on Agenda.

(Bloomberg) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of an Arctic Council summit in Iceland with both leaders conceding they disagree on many issues but vowing to find areas of cooperation. Blinken said Biden had demonstrated that "if Russia acts aggressively against us, our partners, and our allies we'll respond", but "not for purposes of escalation, not to seek out conflict but to defend our interests.". [Extracted from the article]

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