Berlin [Germany]May 16 (ANI): In addition to NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting on Sunday (local time), US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his counterparts from Germany, Britain and France in Berlin to discuss the situation in Ukraine and the ongoing negotiations with Iran on the revival of the nuclear deal. .
Blinken met with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss and French Director-General for Political and Security Affairs Philippe Errera.
“They discussed the continued response among allies and partners to Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine. The leaders also discussed the ongoing negotiations with Iran and the efforts to reach an agreement on a reciprocal return to full implementation of the Joint Global Action Plan (JCPOA). Read Foreign Ministry statement .
On Twitter, Blinken wrote: “Discussed with my counterparts from Germany, Britain and France today our plans to continue to support Ukraine while putting Putin (Russian President Vladimir Putin) and his facilitators in charge. We also discussed our efforts to achieve a mutual return to full JCPOA implementation with Iran. ” Earlier, Blinken also met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Berlin and discussed security and financial assistance to Kyiv.
“Met FM @DmytroKuleba before today’s @NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting to discuss the security and financial assistance that Ukraine needs to defend itself against Russia’s unprovoked war. Our support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity remains unshakable and lasting,” Blinken tweeted.
US State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement that the two discussed this week’s G7 and NATO foreign ministers’ meetings and that the secretary emphasized the strong support for Ukraine from allies and partners during those meetings.
Blinken provided details of the latest batch of US security support to strengthen Ukraine’s defense, Price said. “Secretary of State for Russia’s enduring commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russia’s unprovoked war,” said a State Department spokesman.
NATO foreign ministers met in Berlin on Sunday to discuss Finland’s and Sweden’s possible membership application and to confirm NATO’s support for Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s invasion.
To the media via video link together with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Stoltenberg said that Sweden and Finland are NATO’s closest partners and if they decide to apply for membership, it would be “historic”.
“Their membership in NATO would increase our shared security, show that NATO’s door is open and that aggression does not pay,” Stoltenberg said, reiterating that all sovereign nations have the right to choose their own path.
At the end of the two-day ministerial meeting, Stoltenberg said that the Allies also discussed support for Ukraine, which further strengthened NATO’s deterrence and defense, as well as the long-term consequences of the “Russia war” against Ukraine. (ANI)
Source: sn.dk