Blinken says 'no plans' to meet Russia, China at G20

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on March 1 that he will not meet the Russian or Chinese foreign ministers at this week’s Group of 20 meeting in New Delhi, Report informs referring to AFP.

"I have no plans to see either at the G20," Blinken told reporters in Tashkent before flying out to New Delhi while adding that he expected to participate in group sessions with them.

Blinken has refused to meet Lavrov in person since the Ukraine invasion, dismissing Russian statements that it is ready to discuss the war launched by President Vladimir Putin.

"If Russia – President Putin – were genuinely prepared to engage in meaningful diplomacy necessary to end the aggression, of course we'd be the first to work to engage, but there's zero evidence of that," Blinken said. "The real question is whether Russia will get to a point where it is genuinely prepared to end its aggression and to do so in a way that is consistent with the United Nations Charter."